BU FP&A - Financial Analyst - CP&O

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Business Unit FP&A Analyst to join our Finance COE, reporting to the Team Lead, BU FP&A Capability. You will deliver financial insights, support forecasting, budgeting, reporting, profitability analysis, and strategic decision-making.

You will partner with finance and business leaders across regions to drive performance, transparency, and working capital optimization, leveraging digital tools and SAP S/4HANA capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 2 to 4 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Controlling, or Finance Business Partnering roles.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment is preferred; COE exposure is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting, forecasting, budgeting, and management reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial performance and deliver insights to support forecasting, budgeting, and planning activities.
• Perform profitability analysis across products, projects, customers, factories, and business segments.
• Prepare management reports, KPI dashboards, and variance analyses for decision-making.
• Support month-end close activities by validating results and ensuring data accuracy.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, supply chain, commercial, and finance teams to drive performance and efficiency.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Budgeting

Excel advanced

PowerPoint

SAP S/4HANA familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CMA

CA

MBA (Finance)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

At Hitachi Energy, we are looking for a Business Unit FP&A Analyst to join our Finance Center of Excellence (COE) organization in Bengaluru, India. Reporting to the Team Lead, BU FP&A Capability, you will play a critical role in supporting global Business Units, Hubs, Global Product Groups, Countries, and Operating Units by delivering meaningful financial insights and driving business performance.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a highly complex global manufacturing environment, partnering closely with finance and business leaders across regions. You will contribute to forecasting, budgeting, reporting, profitability analysis, and strategic decision-making while helping enhance financial transparency and operational excellence.

As a trusted finance partner, you will analyze business performance, challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy, and provide actionable recommendations that influence key business outcomes. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across operations, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, and finance functions to support growth, productivity, profitability, working capital optimization, and cash flow performance.

The ideal candidate combines a strong foundation in financial accounting and FP&A with excellent analytical capabilities and a passion for continuous improvement. This position provides significant exposure to global business operations, finance transformation initiatives, and opportunities to leverage digital technologies to improve efficiency and decision-making.

How You'll Make an Impact

Analyze financial performance against Budget, Forecast, Latest Estimate, Prior Quarter, and Prior Year, providing meaningful business insights and recommendations.

Support monthly forecasting, budgeting, and planning activities while validating assumptions and ensuring alignment across business units and stakeholders.

Monitor key financial and operational KPIs including Orders, Revenue, Gross Margin, EBIT, SG&A, Headcount, Productivity, Working Capital, Cash Flow, and Capex.

Prepare management reports, KPI dashboards, executive presentations, and variance analyses to support informed decision-making.

Support month-end close activities by validating financial results, resolving reporting gaps, consolidating estimates, and ensuring data accuracy and completeness.

Perform balance sheet, cash flow, inventory, and net working capital analysis to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.

Conduct profitability analysis across products, projects, customers, factories, and business segments to support performance improvement initiatives.

Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, supply chain, commercial, and finance teams to drive business performance and operational excellence.

Support audits, internal controls, automation initiatives, and continuous improvement projects that enhance efficiency and reporting quality.

Analyze manufacturing cost performance, including absorption variances and material cost variances, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions.

Your Background

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CMA, CA, or MBA (Finance) required.

2 to 4 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Controlling, or Finance Business Partnering roles.

Experience within a manufacturing environment is preferred; prior exposure to a Finance COE setup is an advantage.

Strong understanding of financial accounting principles, revenue recognition methods, forecasting, budgeting, and management reporting.

Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, including FICO, CO-PA, SD, PP, and MM modules, is highly desirable.

Advanced Microsoft Excel, financial modeling, and PowerPoint skills with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly.

More About Us

At Hitachi Energy, we are advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and collaboration, where employees are empowered to make a real impact on global energy transformation.

We offer exciting career development opportunities, exposure to global stakeholders, and the chance to contribute to industry-leading projects that shape the future of energy.

Demonstrates effective use of AI and digital tools to enhance problem-solving, decision-making, and productivity,
while applying sound judgment, ensuring accuracy and compliance, and maintaining accountability for outcomes.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.