FP&A Manager - Global Product

Meet our Team

We represent Hitachi Vantara to enterprise clients across industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

What you'll be doing

Position provides overall financial analysis, data, and reporting to enable successful business support to the Product organization. The position partners with Global Product and Engineering Team to assist in executing against its organizational, operational, and corporate strategies. This includes budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and reporting.

• Provide Financial reporting and robust analysis to bring insightful business advice to Global Product and Engineering Team
• Monthly and / or quarterly financial reporting and forecasting financial results, trends and analysis including product line P&L
• Participate in forecast calls as may be required from time to time and provide data for submission to executive teams.
• Reconciling, reporting, and forecasting of Global Product and Engineering Headcount
• Collaborates with Finance Shared Services to ensure close processes are completed and financial reporting is accurate and compliant
• Accountability for Financial metrics related to products and engineering team
• Accountability for the accuracy of the Product P&L, providing detailed reporting and analysis, including insights into revenue, margin, opex and contribution profit
• Inclusion of KPI's to be reported against and measured on through the Financial Year.
• Assistance with data and performance reporting for QBR's as requested by business
• Interact with key leaders across R&D, finance, sales, and marketing in supporting the success of the Business Units.
• Key partner to cross functional teams on Go-To-Market, New Product Introduction, Investment Management Proposals.
• Participation on the AOP cycle and complex financial modeling.
• Provide new perspective to identify and propose opportunities for improvement across processes and business functions.
• Any additional data requests relevant for the role as required by the business and Finance Leadership.

What you bring to the team

• 10+ years of corporate finance and accounting experience. MBA and CMA a plus
• Ability to work closely with a senior management team and partner with BU leaders
• High level of Excel expertise - data mining, PowerPoint and Word, MS Office skills
• Experience in Anaplan and BI tools
• IFRS and US GAAP knowledge
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, prioritize, and multi-task various projects & initiatives
• Attention to details, organized and thorough, with the desire for continuous improvement
• Strong analytical and judgment skills to interpret and translate technical information
• Ability to work extended/flexible hours during peak periods including monthly close
• Unquestionable ethics and integrity

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Values

We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours and flexible arrangements. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge