Factory/ Plant Controller - Controlling Practice & Operations

This is a Factory & Product controlling Analyst position located in Bengaluru, India, and reports to Team Lead, being part of Controlling Capability Centers.

Mission Statement: Role requires working on Costing, Financial Planning Analysis and Factory Controlling activities to different Units of Hitachi Energy located across the Globe supporting the factory/business controllers handling the respective Business Units to ensure the business unit/Organization can achieve all the KPI/business targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform analysis of business performance versus budget and forecast.
• Review of Orders received, and Orders received Gross Margin and monthly reporting.
• Reconciliation of Order backlog and Order backlog Gross Margin.
• Business partnering with Local Factory/Business/Hub Controllers to understand and analyze the drivers of financial performance and identify trends; propose value add.
• Analysis of overhead under / over absorption indicating root cause.
• Result Analysis - Revenue Recognition - Good understanding of Revenue recognition principles and industry practices; Point in time and Over period of time. Good understanding of RA keys logic in S4 HANA.
• Hands-on experience in COPA - KE24/KE30 - Product wise and Customer-wise Profitability Analysis.
• Review the monthly financial performance in the Income Statement against Budgets/Forecast and support in monthly reviews before month closing.
• Balance sheet analysis - proactively identify the movements between different periods with the reasons of deviation and advise controllers for necessary action.
• Perform monthly MIS/Corporate Reporting as per the Corporate calendar.
• Perform activities related to Internal controls and SOX audit
• Comparison of monthly/quarterly MIS data with different benchmarks and giving comments/remarks
• Capital Expenditure budget and actual spent tracking and analysis on monthly basis
• Analysis of inventories, NWC (Net Working Capital) - comparison over periods with reasons of movement.
• Knowledge in Standard costing - Made To Order/ Made To Stock Scenario
• Cashflow - Analysis of Cash In and Cash Out Direct Method and Indirect method - Gap analysis between.
• Support preparation of relevant organization financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Support for Statutory audit and internal audit - Preparation of audit schedules.
• Validate accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing reconciliation and review of exceptions
• Any other Ad Hoc work/assignment/job given, based on urgency and requirement, from time to time which are not listed above

Controlling Capability Centers KPIs:

• Optimize own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating duplications, coordinating information requirements.

• Proactively find areas for process / report standardization across different countries, divisions, and business units.
• Adhering to the Controlling capability Centers KPIs to ensure continuous improvement and maintain service quality

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with independent problem-solving capability.
• Effective communication & presentation skills.
• Hands-on experience in SAP FI CO including CO-PA and Understanding on other modules like SD, PP, MM, PS MTO, MTS and ETO architypes
• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Initiative-taking with a strong commitment to quality adhering to strict deadlines

Experience:

Up to 6 years' experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, with manufacturing experience background preferable and Prior experience in controlling COE setup is preferred

Education:

Bachelor's degree in accounting with CMA/ CA / MBA

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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-166439

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-20T23:34:29