Finance Business Partner – Controlling Capability Center

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Technology Services Private Limited in Bengaluru is seeking a Finance professional focused on FP&A and controlling. You will analyze financial metrics, support budgeting and forecasting, and provide actionable insights to improve performance.

The role involves close coordination with project managers and Controllers to drive accuracy across statements. The ideal candidate has strong SAP FICO experience, advanced Excel skills, and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting with MBA/CMA/CA
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• English language proficiency required

Responsibilities

• Analyze order backlog and gross margin
• Benchmark KPIs with peers and internal teams
• Partner with controllers and PMs to analyze drivers
• Prepare financial analyses for scenarios and sensitivity
• Analyze SIE and BIE and identify root causes
• Prepare inventory reconciliations and provisions
• Support month-end closing activities
• Review income statements and balance sheets during close
• Code invoices to correct sales orders
• Support internal controls and SOX audit
• Provide management with reports and insights

Skills

SAP FICO

CO-PA

MS Office

Financial Analysis

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting

MBA/CMA/CA

Job description

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job ID: R0097445

Date Posted: 2025-07-16

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category): Finance

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Description

Mission Statement: Providing Financial Planning and Controlling expertise to the organization by compiling, analyzing metrics, finding trends, tackling challenges, communicating information to relevant stakeholders, and recommending actions to improve financial performance.

Your Responsibilities

• Perform analysis of Order Backlog and GM%.
• Perform benchmarking of key performance indicators (KPIs) with external and internal peers.
• Business partnering with Controllers and Project managers to understand and analyze the drivers of financial performance and identify trends; propose value add.
• Prepare financial analysis for various “what if” scenarios and sensitivity analysis and the overall impact to the business units.
• Analysis of SIE and BIE and indicating root cause if any.
• Preparing and analyzing Inventory reconciliation.
• Provisions review and reconciliation.
• Responsible for Back charges to Offshore factory.
• Support month end closure activities to ensure accuracy of financials.
• Income Statement and Balance sheet review to be perform during pre-closing and post books closure and propose necessary corrective actions.
• Make sure that all invoices are coding to correct Sales Orders.
• Perform activities related to Internal controls and SOX audit.
• Comparison of monthly/quarterly MIS data with different benchmarks and provide comments/remarks with proper analysis.
• Provide support in preparation of financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Validate accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing Reconciliation, review, and report exceptions.
• Need to support Ad-hoc work/assignment/job given requirement, from time to time.
• Provide information to management by collecting, summarizing, preparing reports and share presentation of findings and analysis to Controllers.
• Active participation in improvement projects, LEAN management practice.
• Optimize own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating duplications, coordinating information requirements.
• Proactively find areas for process / report standardization across different countries, divisions, and business units.
• Adhering to the Controlling & Planning KPIs to ensure continuous improvement and maintain service quality.
• 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 accounting with MBA/CMA/ CA Up to 4-year experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, with manufacturing experience background preferable.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with independent problem-solving capability.
• Hands on experience in SAP FICO including CO-PA and understanding on other modules.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Proactiveness in taking initiatives with a strong commitment to adhering to quality and deadline.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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