Mission Statement
Provide controlling and planning specialist expertise to the COE and its customers within one of the Process Areas as part of the COE service offerings.
Overall objective
- Financial planning & analysis (FP&A) Overall accountability for the analytical services to the business,
- based on customer requirements. Responsible for automated tools/reports design, implementation and maintenance. Semi-automated and manual analytical services, and one-off (ad-hoc) analytical output.
- Functional Controlling controlling, budgeting, cost control, charging mechanisms, tax compliance and
- Business Partnering within respective Function
- Specifically, he/she is accountable to: a) support and drive the execution of continuous process improvements; b) ensure process management, standardization and innovation; c) participate in regular process performance validation in order to enable KPI based process performance steering; d) manage key process stakeholders interactions; e) review the key identified process inefficiencies and misalignments vs. the Process Standards;
- Actively participate in process improvement initiatives, regionally and/or globally. Accountable for end-
- to-end process management, process performance overseeing and steering throughout the entire fi- nance organization. Facilitates the exchange of knowledge and best practices between the COEs.
- Interacts with the key process stakeholders to ensure that process related guidance is followed and that
- process related tasks / actions are implemented according to the Process Standards.
- Optimizes own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating
- duplications, coordinating information requirements. Enhance the expertise knowledge in one or multi- ple processes through coaching.
- Systems and Master Data Governance charts of account, Business Warehouse tools.
Knowledge, Skill And Experience
Function Controlling -Global Support
Budget & forecast and decision support
- Responsible for overseeing the business planning process and extending support to the Function
- heads for evaluating the implications of various business decisions for final target setting.
- Functional performance Contributes to definition of key performance indicators.
- Monitors financial performance of the function, identifies issues and advises management on action plans and operational strategies to resolve.
- Transparency in reporting and ensuring data accuracy for function review calls
- Responsible for the data accuracy validation in the monthly financial performance reports and ad-
- vice for necessary actions required.
- Optimization Leads cross-functional initiatives that support strategic goals
- Ensures continuous improvement in the financial control process in alignment with global standards and local policies.
- Finance business partnering with internal stakeholders
- Ensures timely and efficient communication with relevant Local/Country/Division/Region Controllers, Finance Business Partner or Centers of Expertise, and other internal customers to identify and discuss issues for improvement of operations, work quality and efficiency for area of responsibility.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in finance and accounting or professional Qualifications (CA or CMA).
Experience
- 1 - 3 years of experience in Controlling and Accounting at functional and corporate level.
Skills
- Ability to interact with Process stakeholders at various levels and integrate with other Process Owners
- Very good communication and interpersonal skills at all levels
- Very good problem solving and organizational skills and proven ability to prioritize responsibilities
- Detail oriented, structured with good analytical skills
- Proficient MS Office, incl. Excel
- Fluent in English, other languages are a plus
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.
