Finance Junior Business Partner

At Hitachi Energy, our purpose is advancing a sustainable​ energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation 
Are you ready to shape the future of sustainable energy?
Our Power Start Program for Transformers business aims to jumpstart your career as a Factory Junior Finance Business Partners with a truly unique journey that will take you across two years program with two different assignments before rolling off into a permanent position.
While you are a full-time, permanent member of our financial team, each assignment will be within a different Transformers factory in Europe for 6 months in the period of 2 years. These assignments will provide deep, experiential learning opportunities within our Controlling teams and factories. Along the way, we’ll provide you continuous career support with career development in a multinational environment. Our program is perfect for you if you are looking to fast-track your leadership potential and gain a well-rounded business acumen that will enable you to find the perfect, long-term position within our finance organization. Join us!
As Factory Junior Finance Business Partners, you will be responsible for providing financial and controlling expertise to the organization by compiling and analyzing metrics, identifying trends and problems, communicating information to relevant groups, and recommending actions to improve financial performance for specific factory. You will also be responsible for supporting in all financial and commercial matters and actively drive the project’s performances.
Main accountabilities:
Perform analyses of business performance versus budget and forecast and proposes improvement actions. Perform benchmarking of key performance indicators with external and internal peers.
Work with factory management team to understand and analyze the drivers of financial performance and identify trends. Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.
Prepare financial modelling for various “what if” scenarios and the overall impact to the factory. As special focus areas: product/business line profitability, product costing, production variances, over/under-absorption analysis/inventory analysis, incl. cycle count results.
Support preparation of relevant organization financial reporting, business planning, budgeting and forecasting. Validate accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing reconciliations and review of exceptions.
Ensure processes and controls within own area of responsibility are designed and implemented in line with Group and unit requirements. Maintain proper audit trail and documentation for future tax/ internal/external audits and reviews.
Support on financial aspects in tendering stage, provide input to negotiations on commercial issues and in local risk review process. Provide input to the project execution plan on financial aspects. Prepare project invoices, financial accounting and reporting. Drive project cash flow and oversee currency risk and tax issues. Be responsible for the correctness of project balance sheet and income statement as well as for cash flow and monthly/quarterly forecast.
Participate in opportunity/risk identification, monitor that all required mitigation actions are timely implemented. Support the Project Manager in coordinating and preparing monthly project reviews. Participate in preparing the project cost report
Provide support on claim management, back-charges and insurance cases and monitor the proper follow up together with the Contract Manager/Project Manager up-stream (towards customer), as well as down-stream (towards suppliers).

Requirements:
New graduate in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration master’s degree Or CA/CPA/ACCA/CMA
Max 2 years’ working experience.
Fluent in English
Available to relocate in two Countries in Europe for maximum 6 months in span of two years.
Work Permit for Local country
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Systematic and logical approach to problem-solving, analytical skill set and continuous improvement mindset, eagerness to learn, organizational skills, attention to detail and team-player.

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Take the opportunity to join a world technology leading company and at the same time, give yourself unlimited career opportunities by applying for following role!
Welcome to apply no later than December 22nd 2023.
Recruiting manager Anand Prakash, anand.prakash@hitachienergy.com will be happy to answer your questions regarding this position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Mikael Hjort, +46 107-38 29 86; Unionen: Fredrik Holmgren, +46#107 38 21 85; Ledarna: Christer Fridlund, +46 107-38 29 12. All other questions should be directed to Talent Partner Johanna Laiv, johanna.laiv@hitachienergy.com.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 40,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com