Corporate Assistant Controller

Responsibilities

• Manage Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) analytical services to the business based on customer requirements.
• Oversee automated tool and report design, implementation and maintenance as well as semi-automated and manual analytical services, and one-off (ad-hoc) analytical output.
• Evaluate monthly actual results and investigate variances to Plan/Prior Year/Prior Estimate.
• Utilize Hyperion (HFM) knowledge to validate and support monthly reporting and closing processes.
• Oversee consolidation and development of monthly financial forecasts, including summary reporting packages for review with management.
• Play critical role in development of the annual budget, including establishment of planning calendar and timelines, targets, key deliverables.
• Identify trends and cash flow improvement opportunities; suggest corrective actions for implementation.
• Review and reconcile BS and supplemental data with the corporate consolidation system.
• Oversee forecasting and analysis of actual results and deviations to forecasts related to cash flow and balance sheet.
• Manage development of report formats and analytical models that assist in forecasting of Working Capital and cash flow.
• Manage reduction efforts of Accounts Receivables Overdues and customer disputes.
• Lead full deployment and implementation of new cloud-based tools to improve current analytical tools (e.g. TM1, Power BI, SAP Cloud Analytics).
• Lead the annual budget and monthly forecast process for the region.
• Optimize performance to increase productivity, recommend changes of process standards and procedures, and identify areas for process/report standardization.
• Actively work towards the goal of harmonized and standardized processes in alignment with global guidelines.
• Maintain proper audit trail and documentation and ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are prepared and updated.
• Care for coordination of all internal and external audit requests for Hitachi Energy.
• Coordinate the scope of work for subordinate employee(s).

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field and 10 years of experience working in a finance related field.
• Must have 5 years of experience in each of the following:
• Using ERP SAP FICO
• Using Microsoft Excel
• Performing Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Performing Cash flow analytics and forecasting
• Must have 4 years of experience in each of the following:
• Developing PowerBI analytics
• Reporting with Hyperion (HFM)

Qualifications

• Position reports to Raleigh, NC office.
• Telecommuting permitted in accordance with company policy, but must live within commuting distance of stated office.