Hitachi Energy India | HVDC Tender Controller - CP&O

Responsibilities

• As an HVDC Tender Controller, you will play a key role in shaping commercially successful and financially robust tender opportunities within Hitachi Energy's HVDC business.
• This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a highly collaborative and international environment, partnering with Engineering, Project Management, Commercial, Planning, Operations, and Finance teams.
• Success in this position requires strong analytical capabilities, commercial acumen, and the ability to collaborate across multiple stakeholders.
• If you enjoy combining finance expertise with business partnering and commercial strategy in a fast-paced project environment, this role offers excellent exposure to large-scale energy infrastructure projects that contribute directly to the global energy transition.
• You will be responsible for transforming technical and commercial inputs into competitive customer proposals while ensuring profitability, compliance, and effective risk management.
• You will lead financial evaluations, develop tender cost models, assess contractual risks, and provide commercial insights that influence strategic business decisions.
• Partner with Tender Managers and Capture Leads as the primary finance representative for assigned tender opportunities.
• Develop comprehensive project costing models, financial evaluations, and pricing strategies to support competitive bid submissions.
• Consolidate cost estimates from multiple functions and translate them into commercially viable customer proposals.
• Drive profitability analysis, margin optimization, and business case evaluations to support decision-making.
• Prepare and maintain tender cash flow forecasts based on project schedules, cost structures, and contractual payment terms.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate commercial, contractual, financial, foreign exchange, and cash flow risks.
• Review General Conditions of Contract (GCC) and Special Conditions of Contract (SCC) to safeguard business interests.
• Support tender reviews, governance approvals, customer negotiations, and management presentations with financial insights and recommendations.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Commercial, Planning, Project Management, and Operations teams to ensure aligned tender strategies.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial governance processes, risk management frameworks, and commercial policies.
• Acting as the finance partner to Tender Managers and Capture Leads, you will support the development of winning bids by driving project costing, pricing strategy, cash flow optimization, and commercial risk assessments throughout the tender lifecycle.
• Use of Al and automated tools in recruitment

Your background

• Working on complex HVDC and EPC opportunities, you will help ensure that tender submissions balance competitiveness with sustainable financial outcomes.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Commerce, or related discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in Tender Controlling, Bid Finance, Commercial Finance, Project Controlling, or Bid Management roles.
• Strong expertise in project costing, financial modelling, pricing strategy, profitability analysis, and cash flow forecasting.
• Good understanding of contract management, including GCC, SCC, bank guarantees, commercial terms, and risk assessment methodologies.
• Experience in foreign exchange calculations, inflation/escalation modelling, and commercial risk management.
• Exposure to EPC, Power, Energy, HVDC, Infrastructure, Industrial, or Engineering project environments.
• Proficiency in SAP, ERP systems, and Microsoft Excel for financial analysis and reporting.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and business partnering skills with the ability to influence decision-making.

Hitachi Energy India Limited

Headquartered in Bengaluru and listed on the NSE and BSE, Hitachi Energy India Limited is the Indian arm of Hitachi Energy, the Zurich-based power technology company in the Hitachi group. The business began in 1949 as Hindustan Electric and later carried the names Hindustan Brown Boveri, ABB Power Grids and Hitachi ABB Power Grids before taking its present name. Its first factory opened in Vadodara in 1962, and three manufacturing locations in Gujarat make most of its range, which includes power and traction transformers, HVDC links and power automation for metro rail. India also hosts shared services and a global technology and innovation centre.

Many of Hitachi Energy's finance roles in India belong to its Controlling Practice and Operations (CP&O) teams in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune. The work covers FP&A, cost accounting, plant, project, R&D and HVDC tender controlling, SAP S/4HANA finance business partnering, record-to-report and revenue accounting, direct tax, internal audit and internal control, and payroll for India and other regions. Postings often ask for a CA or CMA, qualified or semi-qualified, or an MBA in Finance; several accept CA Inter or M.Com, and audit and control roles name CPA, CIA or CISA.

• Industry: Power and grid technology: transformers, HVDC systems, power automation and related services
• Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland (Hitachi Energy Ltd, part of the Hitachi group of Japan); Hitachi Energy India Limited is headquartered in Bengaluru
• In India: Hitachi Energy India Limited, listed on the NSE (POWERINDIA) and BSE (543187), with its head office in Bengaluru, manufacturing in Gujarat (including Vadodara), and finance teams in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune