Hitachi Energy India | Finance Business partner - SAP S/4 HANA Controlling - CP&O

Responsibilities

• As an SAP CO Functional Analyst, you will act as the bridge between Finance, Business Controllers, and the SAP Controlling Center of Excellence (CoE), ensuring business requirements are effectively translated into scalable system solutions.
• In this role, you will partner with global finance teams and business stakeholders to enhance controlling processes, improve financial transparency, and support data-driven decision-making across diverse business models, including manufacturing, project-based operations, services, and software.
• The position offers exposure to complex end-to-end financial value streams and provides the opportunity to influence the design, development, and implementation of SAP CO solutions on a global scale.
• This is an excellent opportunity for finance and SAP professionals who combine strong management accounting expertise with SAP Controlling knowledge and enjoy working in a collaborative, multicultural environment.
• You will contribute to the continuous evolution of SAP Controlling capabilities by identifying process improvement opportunities, driving standardization, and supporting global transformation initiatives.
• You will collaborate with controllers, process owners, and SAP experts to optimize controlling processes, improve operational efficiency, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Serve as the key interface between Finance, Business Controllers, and the SAP CO CoE, ensuring effective alignment between business needs and system capabilities.
• Support and optimize SAP Controlling processes across Make-to-Stock (MTS), Make-to-Order (MTO), Engineer-to-Order (ETO), Services, and Software business models.
• Evaluate and improve end-to-end financial value flows, identifying opportunities for process simplification, harmonization, and automation.
• Provide functional expertise across Result Analysis (RA), Revenue Accounting & Reporting (RAR), Material Ledger, Product Costing, Cost Object Controlling, and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• Support financial planning, allocation cycles, assessment and distribution processes, activity-based costing, and profit center accounting.
• Lead global user training, awareness sessions, and knowledge-sharing initiatives within the controlling community.
• Participate in SAP S/4HANA transformation programs, ensuring successful delivery of system enhancements and business process improvements.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders to resolve process and system-related challenges while ensuring operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, governance standards, and organizational policies.
• You will join a collaborative and diverse workplace where innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth are encouraged.
• Gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into SAP CO solutions, driving enhancements from design through implementation.

Your background

• 3-5 years of experience as an SAP CO Consultant with strong knowledge of Finance, Controlling, Management Accounting, and Manufacturing processes.
• Hands-on end-to-end SAP CO implementation experience with strong understanding of integrations across FI, SD, MM, PS, and related SAP modules.
• Expertise in key SAP CO functionalities including Product Costing, Material Ledger, CO-PA, Result Analysis, RAR, Profit Center Accounting, and Period-End Closing.
• Experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, Industrial, Project Business, or Shared Services environments preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities with the ability to engage effectively with finance and business leaders.
• Proven ability to work in global and multicultural environments, managing multiple priorities and driving outcomes.
• Exposure to business transformation, process improvement, automation, or ERP/SAP S/4HANA initiatives is an advantage.
• Working with global teams, you will have the opportunity to contribute to transformational initiatives that shape the future of finance and digital technologies.

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