Factory/ Plant Controller - CP&O

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**Job Description** **The opportunity:** Providing Financial Planning and Controlling expertise to the organization by compiling and analyzing metrics, identifying trends and issues, communicating insights to relevant stakeholders, and recommending actions to improve financial performance. **How You’ll Make An Impact** - Perform analysis of business performance versus budget and forecast. - Perform benchmarking of key performance indicators with external and internal peers. - Business partnering with local controllers to understand drivers of financial performance, identify trends, and propose value‑added insights. - Prepare financial analysis for “what‑if” scenarios, sensitivity analysis, and assess overall business impact. - Analyze overhead under/absorption and identify root causes. - Prepare and analyze Product and Customer profitability. - Track and analyze Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) budget vs actual spend monthly. - Analyze inventory, Net Working Capital (NWC), and cash flow. - Support month‑end closing activities to ensure financial accuracy. - Perform P&L and Balance Sheet reviews and propose necessary corrections. - Analyze monthly data for MIS reporting and convert it into meaningful formats. - Perform activities related to Internal Controls and SOX audits. - Compare monthly/quarterly MIS data against benchmarks and provide comments/remarks. - Support preparation of financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting. - Validate accuracy of financial data through reconciliations and exception reviews. - Handle ad‑hoc assignments based on business urgency and requirements. - Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, and presenting findings and analysis. - Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. - Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. **Your Background** - Should have Qualification into bachelor’s degree in accounting with CMA / CA / MBA. - Up to 4 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis. - Optimize personal performance by increasing productivity through automation, elimination of duplicate work, and coordination of information requirements - Proactively identify opportunities for processing and report standardization across countries, divisions, and business units - Adhere to Controlling & Planning KPIs to ensure continuous improvement and service quality. - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with independent problem‑solving capability. - Effective communication and presentation skills. - Hands‑on experience in SAP FICO, including CO‑PA. - Understanding of other SAP modules such as SD, PP, MM, and PS. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) - Proactive mindset with strong commitment to quality and ability to meet strict deadlines. - Manufacturing industry experience preferred. - Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required. Publication date : 2026-08-10