CP&O Front Office Specialist

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Job ID: R0120727 Date Posted: 2026-03-10 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Profession (Job Category): Finance Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No Job Description: The opportunity: Deliver top-notch financial planning and controlling services by analyzing metrics, identifying trends and issues, communicating insights, and recommending actions to enhance financial performance. How you’ll make an impact: Serve as the primary subject-matter expert on controlling topics such as cost control, R&D controlling Take ownership for month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, resolving complex issues and ensuring proper accounting treatment within SAP and related systems. Ensure high data integrity through advanced validation, reconciliations, and structured problem-solving. Perform detailed operational analyses including cost trends, project variances, accrual logic, internal orders. Provide clear, data-based explanations to managers to support operational decision-making (not strategic advisory). Prepare and validate financial statements, internal reports, ensuring compliance with internal controls and external regulations. Act as a trusted operational point of contact for SAP-related questions (FICO, PS, MM, SD), transactional accuracy, posting logic, and reporting procedures. Coordinate with functions such as project execution, supply chain, procurement, and shared services to resolve operational finance issues and ensure alignment with standards. Utilize advanced skills in SAP HANA/ECC, ERP systems, BI tools, and MS Office to drive efficient reporting and data management. Lead or contribute to operational improvement initiatives, including: process standardization, automation of reporting steps, enhancing accuracy and timeliness of closing activities, optimization of SAP master data or posting processes Actively identify and escalate process gaps, proposing operational improvements with clear, practical solutions. Model Hitachi Energy’s values of Safety, Integrity, and Responsibility in all financial processes. Ensure strict compliance with internal controls, documentation requirements, and approved procedures. 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 Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or similar Must have 5 – 8 years of experience in Controlling, FP&A, or Financial Operations in a multinational environment. Strong SAP HANA skills. Strong expertise in ERP-based controlling processes, financial closing, and complex operational reporting. Proven ability to independently handle complex tasks and lead process execution with minimal supervision. Experience guiding or reviewing the work of other finance professionals. Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and a high commitment to data accuracy. Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken). Strong sense of responsibility, ownership, and discipline in delivering high-quality outputs. Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required. Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process. This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response.