Project Controller

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a pioneering technology leader that is helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. We help to power your home, keep the factories running, and our hospitals and schools open. Come as you are and prepare to get better as you learn from others. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

We are looking for a Project Controller at Hitachi ABB Power Grids, Grid Integration business, in Vaasa. This position is ideal for you if you find it easy to keep things in order according to their priority and like to complete tasks within the agreed schedule. You react to any changes and deviations in the projects’ financial status, and find the reasons behind the changes. You are able to take control of project finances together with the project managers. This is a temporary full-time position (starting on 1 July 2021), contract for a maternity leave replacement (approximately 12 months term).

Your responsibilities

• Preparing materials for project reviews and participating in reviews as a project finance specialist
• Reporting on the financial status of projects (costs, invoicing, cash flow)
• Downloading financial information into the project management database (ProMIS)
• Preparing financial project forecasts and comparing actual costs with the forecasts
• Monitoring and controlling of invoicing, purchase invoices and cash flow
• Supporting the unit's Business Controller in financial reporting for the unit
• Management and reporting of reservations for the guarantee period
• Creating customers and projects in SAP
• Keeping track of changes taking place in procedures and accounting rules, and the practical application of these
• Preparing and saving documentation for the audit of the accounts
• Opening and follow-up of various collateral for deliveries

Your background

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in accounting, financing or an equivalent degree
• Solid experience in using the SAP/FICO module
• Efficient user of spreadsheet software such as MS Excel
• Excellent communication skills in English in work-related situations
• Knowledge of the basic business logics is a requirement: you need to be familiar with the factors behind the profit and loss account, balance sheet, cash flow and profitability. Experience in management accounting or financial accounting is an asset.
• We value practical working experience in similar controlling duties

More about us

Ready for a new exciting challenge? Apply for the position by 16 April 2021. We will initiate interviews as candidates apply and position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. For more information about this role, please contact Henrik Sandbacka, Finance and Risk Manager, at +358 40 619 8220. Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, the business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centres. With a proven track record, global footprint and unparalleled installed base, Hitachi ABB Power Grids balances social, environmental and economic values, and is committed to powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid. www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com

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Publication date

2021-04-08

Reference Number

FI51314802_E1