ABB India | Local Business and Project Controller, India

Your role and responsibilities

• As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen.
• This role sits within ABB's Robotics business, a leading global robotics company.
• By joining us now, you’ll be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of robotics—working alongside world-class experts in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.
• This role is contributing to the ABB Robotics in Bangalore, India.
• In this role, you will provide key support to the business, ensuring accurate tracking and processing of all financial transactions.
• You will translate business strategy into plans and establish measurable targets, evaluate the financial implications of various strategic decisions, identify risks and recommend actions.
• Oversee project financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and profitability analysis to ensure alignment with project objectives and schedules.
• Act as Project Controller, driving project reviews, monitoring revenue, gross margins, cash flow, net working capital, cost variances, and overall project financial performance.
• Ensure accurate and timely project financial reporting, including balance sheet, income statement, project status reports, forecasts, and monthly book closures.
• Support commercial and contractual activities including contract reviews, change orders, claims management, risk reviews, proposal evaluations, and contract structuring.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, ABB policies, global standards, statutory regulations, and governance requirements while proactively identifying and mitigating financial risks.
• Partner with business leaders and the Local Division Controller on MIS reporting, budgeting, forecasting, audits, strategic initiatives, treasury activities, and continuous process improvements.
• Run what runs the world.

Qualifications for the role

• Qualified Accountant (CA/CMA/MBA Finance or equivalent) with 8-12 years of experience in Business Finance, Project Controlling, or Commercial Finance.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, project accounting, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and book closing activities.
• Experience in project review processes, revenue recognition, profitability analysis, cost control, cash flow management, and financial reporting.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP; exposure to CFIN and financial transformation projects will be an added advantage.
• Good understanding of contract management, risk management, internal controls, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Proven ability to support business strategy through financial analysis, management reporting, and performance monitoring.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• We value people from different backgrounds.
• Qualifications for the role

ABB India Limited

ABB is a Swiss-headquartered engineering and technology group best known for electrification and automation. It has worked in India for more than a century, and its listed company here, ABB India Limited, began in 1949 as Hindustan Electric Company. ABB India makes and services electrical equipment, motors and drives and automation systems for power utilities, factories, transport and buildings, from plants and engineering centres that also supply ABB businesses in other countries.

Finance openings at ABB in India are concentrated in Bengaluru, in teams that close the books, report and control for ABB units in India and abroad. Typical roles are accounting and reporting analysts and specialists (general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, intercompany, fixed assets and lease accounting), direct and indirect tax analysts, and controlling and FP&A specialists. Most ask for a B.Com, M.Com or MBA (Finance), and several name CA, CMA or CA Inter as a requirement or an advantage.

• Industry: Electrification and automation technology: electrical products and systems, motors and drives, process automation
• Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland (ABB Ltd); ABB India Limited has its registered office in Bengaluru
• In India: ABB India Limited, listed on the NSE and BSE, with factories, feeder factories for ABB's global supply chain and engineering centres in India; most finance roles are in Bengaluru