Finance Director
Hitachi America, Ltd. located in Santa Clara, CA has an opening for a Finance Director. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting and reporting. This role requires excellent leadership skills and cross-functional collaboration to drive accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with division/department leaders to develop budget/forecast and provide insights through variance analysis and KPI tracking.
- Oversee the financial close processes including reviewing and controlling department expenses and fundings to ensure financial integrity and reasonableness.
- Lead and coordinate with multiple US entities to prepare Hitachi America US consolidated financial statement for consolidated tax return preparation purpose.
- Stay updated on new accounting standards and ensure their proper implementation. Monitor IFRS to identify any potential impact of new pronouncements.
- Provide guidance on complex accounting issues and responsible for position memo, including but not limited to revenue recognition, lease accounting, and contract evaluation.
- Support periodic review of accounting policy manual and ensure it is up to date with internal process and maintain and improve internal controls to ensure compliance with JSOX requirements.
- Support annual financial audits and provide all necessary documentation to the auditor and internal audits (every three to four years).
- Review annual renewal application of insurance program (general liabilities, cyber securities, etc.)
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of accounting and reporting professionals. Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture within the department.
- Continuously evaluate and enhance processes, tools and systems to drive efficiency, accuracy and scalability.
- Implement best practices and automation solutions where appropriate while ensuring consistency of accounting practice across organization.
Skills/Knowledge Required:
- Bachelor's or higher degree in accounting/finance related is required
- 15 years of experience in accounting/finance
- CPA is highly preferred.
- Experience in financial consolidation.
- Strong technical and analytical skills including full knowledge of IFRS/GAAP are required.
- People management experience in finance & accounting operations is highly desired.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), Power Automate, Power Query and Power BI is plus
- Knowledge and experience of ERP systems. Experience in SAP S4/HANA is plus
- Excellent interpersonal skill
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Independent Self-starter is desired.
- Ability to handle multi-tasks, follow-up, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
Our Values:
- Wa Harmony, Trust, Respect
- Makoto Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity
- Kaitakusha-Seishin Pioneering Spirit, Challenge
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to ...@hal.hitachi.com. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.