Hitachi Energy US | Finance General Accounting Fiduciary Team Lead

Responsibilities

• The role includes supporting financial accounting activities, overseeing portions of the month-end close process, preparing and reviewing local year-end financial statements, responding to internal and external inquiries, reviewing reconciliation activities, and supporting compliance with accounting policies and statutory requirements.
• You will work across finance functions and partner with local business unit controllers, business controllers, project managers, and other stakeholders to improve quality, efficiency, transparency, and accuracy in financial reporting and disclosures.
• By maintaining compliant financial processes and supporting accurate reporting, this role contributes to operational reliability and continuous improvement.
• In this role, you will support the CFD in fulfilling local finance fiduciary duties by ensuring relevant responsibilities are aligned with activities performed by CSS Global General Accounting.
• You will be responsible for compiling local statutory IFRS books in accordance with global IFRS requirements and engaging with the local business.
• Collaborate with the GA Global Process Owner project team to improve process quality and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with group standards, statutory requirements, guidelines, and IFRS accounting policies.
• Oversee assigned activities within the month-end close process for financial accounting.
• Manage escalated issues and provide support to internal and external customers.
• Work with Local BU Controllers to implement policies that support transparency and accuracy in financial reporting and disclosures.
• Partner with finance departments, business controllers, project managers, and stakeholders across the organization.
• Prepare and review local year-end financial statements.
• Respond to internal and external inquiries, including requests from external auditors.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Manage a team of account coordinators.
• You will gain exposure to cross-functional finance activities while collaborating with teams across the organization.
• Work on innovative energy technologies through a global energy business environment.
• Use of Al and automated tools in recruitment

Your background

• At least 3–5 years of experience in local statutory bookkeeping and reporting. Experience with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 audit firm is beneficial.
• Self-motivated, Data-driven mindset, well-organized, and structured, with strong attention to detail and a learning mindset.
• Strong resilience and ability to work effectively with ambiguity, changing circumstances, and issues under pressure.
• Ability to think ahead, anticipate needs, prioritize, and plan activities.
• Ability to quickly assimilate complex information and take independent action where necessary.
• Strong collaboration across boundaries, connecting people, ideas, processes, and issues while building.
• Strong influencing and persuasion skills, with the ability to present sound, well-reasoned arguments and.
• Prior Team Lead or Managerial experienced preferred.
• Strong knowledge of local finance ERP systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Collaborate with experienced professionals across finance, business, and project teams.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Hitachi Energy India Limited

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.

• 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