Hitachi Energy India | RTR - Senior Professional

Responsibilities

• We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
• We are seeking a motivated Record-to-Report (RTR) Senior Professional to support EMEA operations.
• We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared.
• The role is responsible for timely month-end close, accurate and compliant financial reporting, the effective application of accounting principles, and maintenance of Oracle Finance modules.
• Journal Processing: Review, prepare and post accurate journal entries in Oracle Financials while ensuring timely completion, proper support and compliance with accounting and SOX controls.
• Balance Sheet reconciliations: Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, resolve aged items and discrepancies, and ensure timely completion in line with established guidelines.
• Month End Close Activities: Coordinate month-end close activities, perform financial variance analysis and drive timely issue resolution and continuous process improvement.
• Fixed Assets Management: Manage the complete fixed-asset lifecycle, including master data, transactions, depreciation, reconciliations, reporting and physical verification in accordance with policy.
• Analysis & Reporting: Deliver accurate financial reports and insightful variance commentary while performing data-quality checks and coordinating requirements with business stakeholders.
• Intercompany/Related Parties: Record, reconcile and clear intercompany transactions, complete balance confirmations, and process approved transfer journals and resale-minus calculations.
• Real Estate & Non-Real estate Lease Management: Maintain lease data, process lease-system journals, reconcile balances to the general ledger and support lease modifications and related accounting entries.
• Documentation & Control: Maintain process and control documentation, execute key controls and provide accurate supporting evidence for internal and external audits.
• Others: Work independently on complex accounting matters, lead assigned initiatives and coach junior professionals while collaborating effectively with stakeholders.
• Research tells us that some applicants, especially those from underrepresented groups, can be put off from applying for roles if they need flexibility or feel they don’t meet all of the set criteria.
• Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in general accounting and reporting, and financial reporting.
• Good understanding of accounting principles, IFRS/ US GAAP standard.
• Good Team Player and a continuous learner.
• Candidate with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) skills will be preferred first.
• Preferred Skill — Robotic Process Automation (RPA): RPA knowledge is an added advantage, with the ideal candidate expected to identify manual and repetitive finance processes and assist in designing and implementing effective automation solutions.
• Good analytical and soft skills.

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