Financial Planning Lead (f/m/d)

The opportunity

We are seeking a Financial Planning Lead to drive financial planning and forecasting processes. This role partners closely with the CFO, Head of FP&A and senior leadership to translate business strategies into financial outcomes using data driven approaches. You will manage and develop the team responsible for budget and forecast cycles, with a strong focus on accuracy, efficiency, and continuous improvement through technology and automation.

How you'll make an impact

• Drive the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and longer-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and clear articulation of assumptions and drivers
• Partner with Finance Leadership to support ad hoc and strategic analysis, scenario modelling, and key deliverables that inform business decisions and external communications
• Build strong relationships with business units and functional finance teams to understand needs, ensure data accuracy, and deliver relevant insights to support decision-making
• Act as a liaison with Headquarters in Tokyo, providing timely reporting, clear communication and responses to inquiries to ensure alignment on performance, strategy and priorities
• Manage, develop, and coach the planning team to ensure delivery of high-quality outputs efficiently and build strong technical, analytical, and business partnering capabilities
• Support strategic initiatives with robust financial analysis
• Own FP&A applications in your scope, close collaboration with the IT function
• Responsible for the identification, design and implementation of automation solutions and process improvements to enhance speed, accuracy, and insightfulness of planning and forecasting outputs
• Role model the adoption and optimization of planning and forecasting tools to enable modern, agile finance processes
• Drive and embed changes towards more efficient, technology-enabled, and forward-looking planning processes

Your background

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; MBA or professional finance qualification (CFA, CPA, CIMA) preferred
• 10+ years experience in FP&A, including deep involvement in planning and forecasting in complex, global organizations
• Proven track record of managing and developing high-performing teams to deliver accurate and insightful outputs efficiently
• Strong technical proficiency in planning systems and data visualization tools
• Demonstrated ability to drive process automation and technology-enabled improvements in finance
• Exceptional attention to detail, analytical rigor, and commitment to high standards
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear insights and influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight deadlines

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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India, Zurich, Switzerland, Krakow, Poland

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-155935

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-17T23:35:14