Hitachi Energy India | FP&A Financial Analyst - CP&O

Responsibilities

• Join Hitachi Energy's Finance Center of Excellence as a Financial Analyst FP&A and play a key role in supporting global Business Units, Global Product Groups, Hubs, and Functions.
• Based in Bengaluru, this position offers a unique opportunity to partner with finance and business leaders across multiple regions, helping drive performance, profitability, and strategic decision-making.
• As a trusted finance partner, you will contribute to financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, management reporting, and business performance analysis within a complex global manufacturing environment.
• This position provides significant exposure to senior leadership and global stakeholders, offering opportunities to influence business outcomes, support strategic initiatives, and contribute to continuous improvement and automation efforts.
• In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance teams.
• You will leverage financial analysis, business partnering, and digital tools to transform data into meaningful business insights while supporting key planning cycles and executive reporting processes.
• Drive financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning activities to support business performance and strategic decision-making.
• Analyze key financial and operational metrics including Orders, Revenue, Gross Margin, EBIT, SG&A, Working Capital, Cash Flow, Capex, Productivity, and Headcount to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Consolidate, validate, and challenge forecasts from global stakeholders to ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality of financial outlooks.
• Prepare management reports, KPI dashboards, executive presentations, and business review materials that deliver actionable financial insights.
• Support month-end close activities by validating financial results, resolving reporting gaps, and ensuring timely delivery of management updates.
• Perform profitability analysis across products, projects, customers, factories, and business units to support performance improvement initiatives.
• Build financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases that guide investment decisions, growth opportunities, and operational improvements.
• Partner with global finance and business teams to enhance forecasting accuracy, strengthen business performance reviews, and support strategic initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, internal controls, financial policies, and documentation standards while supporting audit requirements.
• Drive automation, reporting enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and support data-driven decision-making.
• Use of Al and automated tools in recruitment

Your background

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or related discipline; CA, CMA, CPA, MBA Finance, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• 3 - 8 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Controlling, or Business Finance, preferably within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, and financial planning processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial modeling with the ability to communicate insights effectively to senior stakeholders.
• Experience working with SAP S/4HANA, particularly FICO; knowledge of CO-PA, SD, MM, and PP modules is advantageous.
• Knowledge of Power BI, Oracle NetSuite, AI-enabled analytics tools, or reporting automation solutions is preferred.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with global and multicultural stakeholders while demonstrating strong communication and presentation skills.
• Proven analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities with a proactive approach to delivering accurate and high-quality outcomes.

Hitachi Energy India

Hitachi Energy India is an employer hiring in India (sector: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial).

CA Samaaj lists Hitachi Energy India's current India openings for finance, accounts, audit and tax professionals, taken from its official careers site (hitachi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com) and checked regularly to remove closed jobs. Recent roles are based in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune.

• Industry: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial