Senior Business Controller

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), inclusion drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

How you'll make an impact

• Your main mission will be to support all financial and commercial matters and actively drive performance in the business and across a portfolio of projects.
• Responsible for cash management and monitor as well as follow-up actual cost and income against budget and forecast.
• Doing ad hoc analyses and ensure internal control compliance.
• Project Controlling through close collaboration with our Project Managers and assisting in everything related to our projects, including:
  • Preparing for and participating in monthly/quarterly project reviews
  • Establishing necessary currency contracts and bank guarantees
  • Reporting and follow-up of variances
  • Generating and maintaining monthly forecasts
  • Ensuring quality in cost forecasting and billing plan
• Business Controlling will include:
  • Responsibility for P&L, Balance Sheet and net working capital, including both control of actuals and forecasting
  • Preparing and supporting the monthly Business review
  • Taking responsibility for the month end reporting process and working in close collaboration with GBS and the other BU’s in the Legal entity.

Your background

• Degree in Economics or Engineering;
• You are able to act on your own initiatives and able to work independently.
• You are driven and have a passion for what you do.
• With your communicative and collaborative skills, you contribute to a great team spirit. Since you are responsible and have a sense for details, you can keep strict deadlines.
• You have 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Excellent skills in Excel and a good working knowledge of SAP are required.

More about us

We offer you the opportunity to work with fantastic people and develop yourself on projects that present great technical challenges and have a real impact.

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.