Location:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job ID:
R0127271
Date Posted:
2026-04-20
Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
Profession (Job Category):
Finance
Job Schedule:
Full time
Remote:
No
Job Description:
The opportunity:
The responsible for providing high-quality Business planning, analysis, reporting, and controlling services to the business. The role ensures accurate financial insights, robust process governance, strong stakeholder partnership, and continuous improvement through standardization and automation, while maintaining full compliance with internal and external regulations.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Own end-to-end Business Controlling and analytical services, including automated, semi-automated, manual, and ad-hoc reports aligned to business requirements.
- Support financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and baseline reviews with relevant stakeholders. Analyse monthly and quarterly MIS, benchmark performance, investigate variances, and communicate insights to management and controllers.
- Manage R&D controlling activities including budgeting, cost control, charging mechanisms, accruals, corrections, and tax-related compliance. Review project and cost performance versus plan, identify deviations, and collaborate with stakeholders to implement corrective actions.
- Standardize, document, and manage R&D reporting across geographically distributed entities. Accountable for end-to-end finance process management, performance monitoring, and KPI-based process steering.
- Drive continuous process improvements through standardization, innovation, automation, and elimination of inefficiencies and duplications.
- Validate accuracy, quality, and integrity of financial data through reconciliations, reviews, and exception handling. Oversee financial systems and master data governance, including chart of accounts, Business Warehouse tools, project setup, and master data maintenance.
- Act as a finance business partner to key stakeholders, ensuring adherence to process standards, policies, and timelines. Prepare management presentations and reports, clearly articulating financial insights and performance drivers.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, internal controls, procedures, and applicable external regulations. Proactively support audits and control reviews as required. Support ad-hoc assignments and evolving responsibilities as the function matures. Contribute ideas and expertise to improve accuracy, timeliness, and automation of financial processes.
- Optimize personal and team productivity through automation, coordination of information requirements, and coaching.
- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your background:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, or Business Administration, and CA/CMA qualification. 3–5 years of experience in Business Controlling, Financial/Functional Controlling, and R&D Controlling, preferably in a multinational or GCC environment
- Strong experience in process management, project controlling, and performance analysis.
- Exposure to ERP systems (SAP preferred), financial planning & reporting tools.
- Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills; Power BI / automation experience is a plus.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and prioritization skills with high attention to detail.
- Experience in industrial or R&D environments preferred.
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
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