Function Controlling Lead Region LATAM

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Location: San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Job ID: R0124955 Date Posted: 2026-04-20 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. Profession (Job Category): Finance Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No Job Description: The Opportunity: As CP&O FLE LATAM Region Controller, your mission is to ensure strong financial governance, transparency, and performance across Latin American operations, with a clear focus on corporate functions. You will lead a controlling organization of approximately 10+ professionals, driving IFRS ‑ compliant controlling activities, delivering clear and actionable financial insights, and enabling confident, data ‑ driven decision ‑ making for both regional and local leadership. The role reports solid line towards the global function and dotted line to the regional finance organization . Through strong people leadership and close collaboration with shared services, country and regional finance directors, and global controlling partners, you will foster financial discipline, continuous process improvement, and strategic value creation. By translating complex financial data into meaningful insights and proactively managing risks and opportunities, you will play a key role in supporting sustainable growth and operational excellence across the Latin American region. How You ́ll Make an Impact: Lead and oversee all corporate controlling activities for Latin America operations, ensuring full compliance with IFRS and internal company policies. Manage, coach, and develop the Latin American controlling team, including training initiatives and effective capacity planning. Review financial statements prepared by Finance Common Shared Services and deliver monthly management reporting to local and regional leadership, focusing on key performance indicators. Monitor capital expenditure budgets versus actuals, perform variance analyses, and provide actionable recommendations. Manage a wide range of stakeholders across functions, countries, and business units, leveraging strong communication and networking capabilities. Actively live Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity by taking accountability for personal actions and fostering a culture of care for colleagues and the business. Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines Your background: Experience: 8–10 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis or Controlling, ideally within a multinational environment. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field Demonstrated ability to independently solve complex financial, regulatory, and operational challenges with sound judgment. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights for decision-making at all organizational levels. Strong expertise in IFRS and current regulatory requirements, including a solid understanding of differences between local statutory accounting and IFRS reporting. Hands-on experience with SAP FICO and strong proficiency in MS Office tools, including Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint. Proactive mindset with a strong commitment to quality, accuracy, and meeting demanding deadlines. Fluent in English & Spanish. Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process. This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response.