Mission Statement:

Acts as an important team member to drive the business to improve performance in sustainable manner.

Your Responsibility:

• You will partner with the HUB Controller, LPG Manager to develop both long term and short term financial and operational plan. Oversees the business planning and forecasting process for the area of responsibility and serves as the interface to Local and Global management. Evaluates financial implications of various strategic decisions, builds scenarios and recommends actions.
• You will monitor all financial aspects of the manufacturing and related costs, product costing, operational KPI's, and provides insight and analysis to support operational decision-making. Identifies issues and advises management on action plans and operational strategies to resolve. Responsible to drive appropriate cost structure, productivity optimization and capital efficiency. Closely monitors OCF, supply revenues, Operational EBITA % and takes action to improve Net Working Capital. Review and clean up balance sheet periodically.
• You will establish and oversee processes and tools necessary to obtain transparent and reliable financial data and business information. Ensures high quality and compliance of financial data and business information in line with defined standards & financial closing schedules. Ensure system set up correctly to reflect accuracy data.
• You must ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley [SOX], Japan GAAP and all HITACHI Group policies. Taking the lead in sustaining the alignment with Accounting Policy, Internal Controls and Assurance. Ensures transparency in financial reporting and disclosures. Maintain proper documents for future tax/internal/external audit reviews.
• You must ensure timely, effective and efficient communication with relevant Functions / CCC, Accounting Center, and other internal customers such as Operations, Sales, Group, Manufacturing Plants, HR, Service, etc. to deliver key messages and identify and discuss areas for improvement. Ensure proper communication and explanation when working with external audit, customs, tax authorities.
• You will support ensuring a safe working environment, continuous HSE improvement processes and integrity performance. Personally, lives the Hitachi values and Group standards.
• You will assess business risk exposure and defines risk mitigation strategies to reduce impact on business performance in own area of responsibility. Ensures risk management processes are consistently implemented in the LPG. Identify and communicate commercial and financial risks and opportunities from business propositions.
• You will support operational function in creating saving project, developing formula to calculate the saving amount and monitoring the saving on monthly basic.
• You will maintain refresh training "Finance for Non-Finance" for support function as well as regular training for controlling team to enhance knowledge and capacity of the team.
• 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.

• A bachelor's degree in business administration, finance or accounting is required.
• 5-7+ years of experience, or alternatively, a special combination of education and experience and/or demonstrated performance and results, in the areas of business, finance, operational controlling and accounting.
• Strong financial manager, structured and results oriented leader with strong analytical and operational controlling skills.
• Change management experience and strong communication skills.
• Business oriented mindset to support business development.
• Strong Microsoft Office/computer skills and Solid SAP knowledge/experience (CO/FI) preferred.