PSC FP&A Controlling & Planning Analyst

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Bengaluru, India, is seeking an FP&A professional to drive financial planning, analysis, and reporting for multiple business units. The role emphasizes collaboration with local controllers, profitability analysis, and scenario planning to support management decisions.

The ideal candidate will have 4 years of FP&A experience in manufacturing, strong analytical abilities, and proficiency in SAP FICO and MS Office. Excellent communication and timely delivery are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent; CMA/CA/MBA preferred.
• 4-year experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, preferably in manufacturing.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking with independent problem-solving.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business performance vs. budget and forecast.
• Benchmark KPIs against external/internal peers.
• Partner with local controllers to analyze drivers of performance.
• Prepare financial analysis for various scenarios & sensitivity analysis.
• Analyze overhead absorption and root causes; review P&L and balance sheet.
• Develop product/customer profitability analyses and track capex vs spend.
• Monitor inventories, NWC, and cash flow; support month-end close.
• Ensure internal controls and SOX compliance; prepare MIS data.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Forecasting

Business Partnering

SAP FICO

MS Excel

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s in accounting

CMA/CA/MBA

Tools

SAP FICO

CO-PA

SD/PP/MM

MS Office

Job description

Job Description:

The opportunity:

Providing Financial Planning and Controlling expertise to the organization by compiling and analyzing metrics, finding trends and problems, communicating information to relevant groups, and recommending actions to improve financial performance.

How you'll make an impact:

• Perform analysis of business performance versus budget and forecast.

• Perform benchmarking of key performance indicators with external and internal peers.

• Business partnering with Local controllers 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 overhead under / over absorption indicating root cause

• Preparing and analyzing Product / Customer profitability.

• Capital Expenditure budget and actual spent tracking and analysis on monthly basis.

• Analysis of inventories, NWC (Net Working Capital) and Cashflow.

• Support month end closure activities to ensure accuracy of financials.

• P&L and B/S review to be done and propose necessary corrections.

• Analysis of monthly data for MIS data and putting it into meaningful format.

• Perform activities related to internal controls and SOX audit.

• Comparison of monthly/quarterly MIS data with different benchmarks and giving comments/remarks.

• Support preparation of relevant organization financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Validate accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing reconciliation and review of exceptions

• Any other Ad Hoc work/assignment/job given, based on urgency and requirement, from time to time which are not listed above

• Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, presentation of findings and analysis

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Should have bachelor’s degree in accounting with CMA/ CA / MBA.

• Must have 4-year experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, with manufacturing experience background preferable.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with independent problem-solving capability.

• Effective communication & presentation skills.

• Hands-on experience in SAP FICO including CO-PA and Understanding on other modules like SD, PP, MM, PS.

• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Initiative-taking with a strong commitment to quality adhering to strict deadlines.

• 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.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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