Global Capability Owner – Business Unit FP&A

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The Global Capability Owner – Business Unit FP&A is accountable for consolidating FP&A‑type roles into a scalable Global Capability Center (GCC) model and for building Business Unit FP&A as a flexible, demand‑driven CP&O capability. The role leverages the proximity to operational controlling activities across other GCO areas to create a strong FP&A talent bench for Business Units, while ensuring consistent planning, forecasting, and performance steering standards. Acting as a speaking partner to Corporate FP&A, the role supports both corporate and business‑specific FP&A needs through Controlling Capability Centers and serves as the interface between Business, CP&O Practice, and CCC delivery.

How you'll make an impact:

• Establish Business Unit FP&A as a structured and scalable CP&O service, consolidating existing FP&A‑type roles into the Capability Center environment, build and maintain a flexible FP&A talent bench serving Business Units and Global Functions.

• Define and govern a GCC‑based operating model, leveraging proximity to operational controlling activities across other GCO areas. Act jointly with Corporate FP&A as gatekeeper for FP&A demand intake.

• Support BU / GPG and Global Function leadership on budgeting and forecasting frameworks, performance steering, KPI design, and analytics. Ensure FP&A outputs are decision‑oriented and action‑focused, not purely reporting‑driven.

• Support both business decision‑making and corporate FP&A requirements through the CCC FP&A setup.

• Explore standardization harmonization of FP&A processes, and foster best practice sharing across BUs.

• Act as the central interface between Business (including CCC‑based FP&A support), CP&O Practice, Controlling Capability Center (CCC) delivery.

• Ensure alignment between business‑specific FP&A needs and corporate standards, ensure alignment with One Finance standards, ERP templates, and analytics platforms.

• Sponsor continuous improvement and digital enablement initiatives.

• Build and steer FP&A delivery capabilities within Controlling Capability Centers, ensure cross‑capability collaboration with other CP&O GCO areas to enable end‑to‑end performance insights. Develop robust back‑up and rotation structures to support flexibility and resilience in a GCC environment.

• Define KPIs to measure Business Unit FP&A service effectiveness and value creation, ensure compliance with finance governance, internal controls, and policies.

• Business Unit FP&A complements Corporate FP&A by providing business‑specific, capability‑based FP&A services through the Controlling Capability Centers, while Corporate FP&A retains ownership of Hitachi Energy-wide planning and analysis.

• You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• You hold a master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent.

• Should have 12–15+ years of experience in FP&A, Business Controlling, or Corporate Finance.

• Strong background in senior business partnering within global or matrix organizations.

• Proven experience establishing or scaling global finance or shared service capabilities.

• Deep expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and performance management, strong analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills. Advanced stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, BW, SAC, and modern analytics platforms.

• Balancing global standardization with business-specific requirements, building up new capability within Hitachi Energy in an highly unstandardized environment, driving harmonization across BUs with varying FP&A maturity levels, establishing credibility as a value-adding partner.

• Fluency in English, additional languages are an advantage.

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