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Finance Director

Company: Hitachi America, Ltd.

Division: Corporate Finance & Accounting

Location: Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid)

Status: Regular, Full-Time

About Hitachi America, Ltd.

Hitachi America, Ltd. is the regional headquarters for Hitachi Group companies in the Americas, overseeing the U.S., Canada, and Latin America markets. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Hitachi Americas has been deeply committed to its Social Innovation Business since its establishment in 1959, addressing society's most pressing challenges through innovative solutions. Leveraging its expertise and resources, Hitachi Americas and its subsidiary companies operate across diverse sectors, including transportation, energy, mobility, industrial manufacturing, healthcare, digital engineering, data analytics and others. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, Hitachi Americas remains at the forefront of pioneering solutions that shape the future. For further details, please visit https://www.hitachi.us/.

Summary

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

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

• Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

• Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

• Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

For California only (as required by California’s Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act (SB 1162): The expected salary for this position in our California office is $186,154 - $232,692. Pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi America’s variable pay program, subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.

Qualified Applicants with arrest or Conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. 

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 [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.