Hitachi Energy India
Hitachi Energy India | Factory/ Plant Controller - CP&O
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Job Highlights
Responsibilities
- As a Factory / Plant Controller, you will play a key role in supporting financial performance, operational excellence, and business decision-making within a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Through proactive analysis and collaboration, you will help identify business risks and opportunities, drive corrective actions, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Our team partners closely with business leaders to drive performance, deliver insights, and create sustainable value for customers and stakeholders.
- In this role, you will partner closely with operations, supply chain, finance, and business leadership teams to deliver transparency into product and operational performance.
- You will provide meaningful financial and operational insights through analysis of key performance indicators, product profitability, inventory management, and financial reporting.
- You will contribute to monthly and annual closing activities, support forecasting and planning cycles, and ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with internal control requirements.
- Analyze and monitor key non-financial KPIs including Order Received, Order Backlog, Gross Margin percentage, and Order Backlog periodization.
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities including accruals, provisions, backcharges, result analysis, journal entries, and cash flow forecasting.
- Prepare and analyze inventory reports, inventory reconciliations, and NRV assessments while supporting inventory counts.
- Perform detailed reviews of Income Statement and Balance Sheet accounts and variance analysis.
- Conduct working capital analysis and review inventory aging and obsolescence trends.
- Monitor and analyse CAPEX expenditures, providing insights and support for management reporting and financial performance reviews.
- Analyze product profitability, product line profitability, overhead absorption, and financial reconciliations.
- Execute internal controls activities and support SOX compliance requirements.
- Review production order variances, material price variances, and operational KPIs.
- Prepare management reports, hub presentations, and analytical insights.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, audits, project reviews, Lean and digital transformation initiatives.
- Optimize own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions.
- Adhering to the Controlling & Planning KPIs to ensure continuous improvement and maintain service quality supporting standardisation/harmonization initiatives.
Your background
- Must have 5 to 8 years' experience in Factory Controlling/Business Controlling including Financial Planning and Analysis, with manufacturing experience in factory background.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with independent problem-solving capability and good communication & presentation skills.
- Hands-on experience in SAP FICO including CO-PA and understanding on other modules SD/PP/MM.
- Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English with good articulation ability and presentation skills.
About the company
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.
