The Opportunity
As a local Functional controller, you will support effective business decisions by monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting financial data to evaluate various cost-effective operational alternatives and recommend the most appropriate business solutions. You direct and control the financial report’s quality and accuracy, ensuring that the practices of the business comply with company policies, external regulations, and generally accepted accounting principles.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- You will be responsible for monthly deliverables, including closings, forecasts, and Budget covering the full financial package and related tasks to ensure reliable financial data reporting according to defined timelines.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders and business managers within and outside the organization to support operational decision-making.
- Provide effective cost control reports to business project teams across the business units
- You will closely monitor relevant KPI to push for effectiveness in the cost structure and productivity.
- Perform quality checks on financial reporting data, including an analytical review of major fluctuations and FX impacts.
- Make sure we are compliant with company and country standards, regulations, IFRS accounting standards guidelines, and internal controls. Support internal and external audits.
- You will ensure transparency in financial reporting and disclosure.
- Provide ad-hoc related financial analysis and participate in relevant financial and transformation initiatives.
- Adhere to Transfer Pricing Regulation, FEMA Act, timely providing of data for tax, internal and statutory audits
- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your Background
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, economics, or a similar degree and professional degree of CA or CMA.
- You have a minimum of 12 to 15 years of working experience in finance and business control, preferably from a similar industry, having experience in project control is an added advantage.
- Excellent accounting, analytical, and communication skills are essential.
- Strong MS Office skills and solid knowledge of ERP (SAP or S4) systems.
- Genuine team player who seeks and enjoys collaboration with peers and partners.
- Inclusive leader who can lead and motivate team.
- Orientation on goals, proactive approach, and problem-solving attitude
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.