Operations Financial Specialist

ABB; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis professional to collect and analyze financial metrics, identify trends, and communicate findings to key stakeholders. The role focuses on improving factory profitability through budgeting, forecasting, and data-driven insights.

The position requires strong SAP, Excel, and Power BI skills, with 4+ years of production controlling experience. It offers a hybrid work model within ABB's Finance team and opportunities for impact.

Qualifications

• Enhanced knowledge of SAP and advanced Excel for financial modeling and data analysis.
• Experience with Power BI for data visualization and dashboards.
• 4+ years of experience in production controlling.
• Strong financial planning & analysis, cost control, and global reporting standards.
• Excellent PPT skills with data-driven presentations.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial metrics, identify trends and communicate findings to relevant groups.
• Develop financial models to assess profitability and product costing for the factory.
• Drive variance analysis across COGS, overheads and absorption.
• Partner with local controllers and business stakeholders to deliver actionable insights.
• Support end-to-end financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning.
• Create automated reporting solutions using Power BI, SAP and Excel VBA.
• Ensure audit trails and compliance with group requirements.

Skills

SAP

Advanced Excel

Power BI

PPT skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Accounting degree

Tools

VBA in Excel

SAP reporting

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Financial Planning & Analysis - Manager

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to collect and analyze financial metrics. Each day, you will identify trends and problems and communicate information to relevant groups. You will also showcase your expertise by recommending actions to improve financial performance of the specific factory/manufacturing site.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid.

This role is contributing to the AUMC team in B&R Division. Main stakeholders are Aviral Jain.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Performing analyses of business performance versus plan, closely monitor and analyze the variance versus annual APP and year over year performance, well explain variance and work with business team on driving performance.
• Preparing financial modelling for various hypotheses and assessing impact to factory with special focus on product / product line profitability and product costing.
• Drive variance analysis across COGS, overheads, scrap and over/under-absorption.
• Partner with local controllers and business stakeholders to deliver actionable insights and management presentations.
• Support end-to-end financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and business planning.
• Validating accuracy of financial data and business information, and reports by performing reconciliations and review of exceptions to provide information to management.
• Optimize performance and productivity by developing automated solutions, power BI, SAP report, excel with VBA, etc.
• Ensure processes align with group requirements, maintain audit trails, and support internal/external audits.

Our team dynamics

You will join a Young, dynamic, talented, high performing team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications For The Role

• Possess an enhanced knowledge of SAP and familiar in advanced excel functions for financial modeling and data analysis, with proficiency in leveraging tools to streamline reporting and drive insights. Experience with power BI for data visualization and dashboard creation is a valuable plus, enhancing your ability to present complex financial trends to stakeholders effectively.
• Experience in end-to-end financial governance and business performance analysis; Have advanced skills in aligning financial strategy with operational execution and cross-regional financial coordination; 4+ years of experience in production controlling.
• You are highly skilled in financial planning & analysis, cost control methodologies, global financial reporting standards, and data-driven decision-making tools.
• Exceptional PPT skills with expertise in creating visually compelling, logically structured, and data-driven presentations that effectively convey complex information to diverse audiences.
• Passionate about cross-functional collaboration and data-driven problem solving; Innovative around streamlining financial processes and aligning financial strategy with business growth objectives.
• Degree in Accounting or a related field. Strength in logical thinking and a structured approach in problem solving, with ability of breaking down complex financial challenges into actionable solutions.
• Fluent in English.

More About Us

B&R Industrial Automation GmbH is a manufacturer of automation technology and ABB's global center for machine and factory automation. B&R was founded in 1979 by Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer and is headquartered in Eggelsberg, Upper Austria. Today, B&R is one of the world's leading solution providers for machine and factory automation and is responsible for machine automation within ABB Automation.

Global B&R HQ - Eggelsberg, Austria

Eggelsberg, Upper Austria.

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