GCO Core Project Controlling

The Opportunity

The GCO Core Project Controlling leader is responsible for shaping and driving the strategic direction of project controlling across the organization. By leading a high-performing team, this role ensures the delivery of best-in-class project controlling services, fosters close collaboration with Customer - Business Unit Management, and supports the company’s growth through excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Lead, develop, and inspire a team of project controlling professionals who deliver services across multiple geographies and business units.
• Set the strategic direction for project controlling, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and global standards.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with Customer - Business Unit Management to jointly develop, harmonize, and continuously improve project controlling processes, directly supporting the company’s growth strategy.
• Oversee the implementation and continuous optimization of controlling and planning processes, leveraging best practices and innovative solutions.
• Facilitate knowledge exchange and best practice sharing within and between Capability Centers.
• Drive operational performance improvements and ensure the team meets service delivery expectations.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement (CI), leading the identification and execution of CI initiatives, including Lean Six Sigma (L6S) projects.
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and manage operational risks, proactively removing barriers to team success.
• Support people development through coaching, training, and fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with other Capability Owners and cross-functional leaders (Finance, IS, Supply Chain, HR) to ensure integrated and effective service delivery. Work closely with Customer - Business Unit Management to jointly develop, harmonize, and continuously improve project controlling processes, ensuring these processes directly support the company’s growth strategy.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
  
  

Your Background

• Should have master’s in finance, Accounting, or Business Administration (technical degree a plus)
• Must have 10+ years in Finance, Accounting, Controlling, or Project Controlling
• Proven leadership and team-building experience. Strong strategic mindset and process orientation.
• Expertise in project controlling, financial management, and analytics/
• Experience in process improvement and transformation initiatives.
• Ability to foster collaboration across teams.
• Global/matrix environment experience preferred.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
  
  

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.

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