Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.

Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

• Build up the OPC organization, S4H set up. Hands on and pro-active in the design and review reports.
• Business follow up: Contracts, Sales orders, invoicing, time allocation.
• Provides variance analyses and monthly reports of the unit to the management, including cost centers and absorption.
• Ad-hoc analyses as required to support local and business management.
• Reviews in the local unit and within the HUB/global organization.
• Balance sheet analysis and monitoring.
• Analysis of financial results, coordination of individual current account balancing and commenting on financial reports.
• Collaboration with the corporate Finance Team in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual statements in accordance with IFRS and local GAAP, taking responsibility for the month end reporting process. Supporting External & Internal audit processes as well as required input for tax and other legal obligations of the legal entity.
• Budgeting including calculation of hourly rates and overhead rates.
• Updating rolling forecasts every month.
• Responsibility for various controls of the internal control compliance system (SOX responsibility for the financial area), following the 3 lines of defense model.
• Understand Business needs and proactively support management on finance topics

• Successfully completed studies in the commercial field or an equivalent qualification, finance/ economics/ business administration.
• 3-5 years of professional experience on similar position. 3 years in the same sector/ environment.
• Familiar to project business administration.
• SAP knowledge, several years of user experience (FI & CO modules). Desirable knowledge of S4 HANA platform.
• Excellent MS-Office skills.
• Business fluent in English, both written and verbal.
• High affinity for numbers and strong analytical thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to build, develop and maintain collaborative working relationships
• Ability to work independently, team spirit, flexibility, quick comprehension as well as a high degree of reliability and diligence.
• Knowledge of accounting (IFRS and local GAAP).
• Knowledge in Internal Controls / Governance.
• Valid labor permit for the EU.