Team Lead - Factory & Product Controlling

Role Overview: As a Financial Planning and Controlling expert at our organization, your mission is to compile and analyze metrics, identify trends and issues, communicate important information to relevant stakeholders, and provide recommendations to enhance financial performance. Key Responsibilities: - Analyze business performance compared to budget and forecast. - Conduct benchmarking of key performance indicators with both external and internal peers. - Collaborate with Local controllers to understand and analyze financial performance drivers, identify trends, and propose value-added solutions. - Demonstrate proficiency in handling various business scenarios related to Products, Projects, and Services. - Prepare financial analysis for different scenarios, conduct sensitivity analysis, and assess the overall impact on business units. - Analyze overhead under/over absorption to determine root causes and assess Product/Customer profitability. - Track and analyze Capital Expenditure budget and actual spending on a monthly basis. - Analyze inventories, Net Working Capital (NWC), and Cashflow. - Support month-end closure activities to ensure financial accuracy. - Review P&L and B/S reports and suggest necessary corrections. - Analyze monthly data for Management Information System (MIS) and present it in a meaningful format. - Execute activities related to Internal controls and SOX audit. - Compare monthly/quarterly MIS data with benchmarks and provide comments. - Assist in preparing relevant financial reports, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting. - Validate the accuracy of financial data and reports through reconciliation and exception review. - Perform any additional Ad Hoc work assigned based on urgency and requirements. - Provide data summaries, reports, and analysis to management effectively. - Ensure compliance with external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines while embodying Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity. Qualifications Required: - Possess more than 5 - 8 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis. - Hold a degree in accounting with qualifications such as CMA, CA, MBA, CPA, CIMA, or masters from professional institutions. - Background in manufacturing experience is preferred. - Experience in handling and mentoring a team to meet organizational goals. - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with independent problem-solving ability. - Effective communication and presentation skills. - Hands-on experience in SAP FICO, including CO-PA, and understanding of modules like SD, PP, MM, PS. - Proficiency in MS Office tools such as Excel and PowerPoint. (Note: The additional details about the company were not provided in the job description),