Function Controlling Lead Region Europe

Mission Statement
As CP&O FLE Europe Region Controller, your mission is to ensure strong financial governance, transparency, and performance across European operations, with a clear focus on corporate functions. You will lead a European controlling organization of approximately 30 professionals, driving IFRS-compliant controlling activities, delivering clear and actionable financial insights, and enabling confident, data-driven decision-making for both regional and local leadership.

The role reports solid line to the Global Capability Owner for Functions & Legal Entity Controlling and dotted line to the Region Finance Director Europe, ensuring strong alignment between global standards and regional business priorities.

Through strong people leadership and close collaboration with shared services, country and regional finance directors, and global controlling partners, you will foster financial discipline, continuous process improvement, and strategic value creation. By translating complex financial data into meaningful insights and proactively managing risks and opportunities, you will play a key role in supporting sustainable growth and operational excellence across the European region.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all corporate controlling activities for European operations, ensuring full compliance with IFRS and internal company policies.
• Manage, coach, and develop the European controlling team, including training initiatives and effective capacity planning.
• Review financial statements prepared by Finance Common Shared Services and deliver monthly management reporting to local and regional leadership, focusing on key performance indicators.
• Monitor capital expenditure budgets versus actuals, perform variance analyses, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Promote a strong customer-centric mindset across controlling processes and service delivery models.
• Manage a wide range of stakeholders across functions, countries, and business units, leveraging strong communication and networking capabilities.
• Drive continuous process improvement initiatives across regional and local finance operations, while facilitating best-practice sharing across regions, countries, and functions.
• Support Internal Controls by documenting and executing control activities within the FLE scope.
• Actively live Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity by taking accountability for personal actions and fostering a culture of care for colleagues and the business.

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience: 8-10 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis or Controlling, ideally within a multinational environment.
• Education: Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve complex financial, regulatory, and operational challenges with sound judgment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights for decision-making at all organizational levels.
• Strong expertise in IFRS and current regulatory requirements, including a solid understanding of differences between local statutory accounting and IFRS reporting.
• Hands-on experience with SAP FICO and strong proficiency in MS Office tools, including Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint.
• Proactive mindset with a strong commitment to quality, accuracy, and meeting demanding deadlines.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are considered a strong advantage.

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

We can provide more information during the recruitment process.

We are committed to full transparency and compliance with all legal requirements, ensuring that every candidate knows exactly what to expect at each stage of the recruitment process. Once the process is successfully completed, we will share detailed information about financial conditions and benefits with the selected candidate. Before signing the employment contract, you will receive all remaining details of the offer, giving you the time and space to review everything carefully.

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Client-provided location(s): Milan, Italy, Madrid, Spain, Krakow, Poland, Baden, Switzerland, Mannheim, Germany, Ludvika, Sweden

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-179476

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-03-03T18:37:43