Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We are a climate change innovator, partnering with cities, governments and companies to cut carbon. We are working to connect solutions with the help of Hitachi’s Green Energy and Mobility both physically and digitally to deliver net-zero. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2023 (ended March 31, 2024) totalled 8,564.3 billion yen, and approximately 268,000 employees worldwide.
HEU is also responsible for managing a Shared Services Group that provides the Company's business units with a range of innovative and effective common services that deliver value, create ‘lean’ processes and support growth and development - including HR, IT, Legal, Finance & Accounting, Corporate Communications & Sustainability, and Business Development.
What you’ll be doing
Hitachi Europe Ltd are currently looking to recruit a Finance Placement on a 12-month fixed-term placement contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to take on real responsibility within a supportive and encouraging business environment, that will provide you with a great foundation for your future career. You will also gain further exposure to the wider Finance teams.
Main tasks and responsibilities
As part of our commitment to your development, we will be offering a varied and challenging 12-month undergraduate placement. It is a ‘hands-on’ role and you will gain wide-ranging finance exposure.
Accounting
- Monthly internal financial results, close process and month end process.
- Quarterly consolidated financial reporting to parent company.
- JSOX annual certification of effectiveness of financial reporting controls and statutory financial statements.
- Assist with managing an assigned business group (limited complexity) or shared service customer.
- Liaising the auditors (Internals and externals) regarding matters relating to the business group
Providing analysis to the finance team to assess actual performance versus forecast and preparing reporting schedules in collaboration with the Financial Planning & Analysis team, Finance team, Manager and Director.
Commercial finance
- Assist with reporting requirements.
- Preparing quarterly and annual forecasts.
- Analysing variations against expected results.
- Supporting finance and business teams with insights on key input & output performance indicators.
- You will learn how Finance supports the various business teams in forecasting and analysing actual financial results.
Finance system
Support the development of various reports run by new SAP system, S4Hana, SAC
Others
- Be part of process improvement project within the team, learning and applying process improvement techniques.
- Assist in any project implementations.
- Be responsible for the updating current SOP by capturing and documenting processes and procedures.
- Work with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key decision data is accurate, automated and timely.
- Assist with development, and implementation of policies and programs that drive best practices.
What you bring to the team
We’re looking for a candidate who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. This is a hybrid role; you will be working with 3 days a week at our EMEA headquarters in Datchet.
The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:
Key skills and experience
- The ideal candidate will be working towards a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business and/or similar discipline focused on analytics an expected grade of 2:1 or above
- Good knowledge in Excel and PowerPoint, and overall computer skills
- Soft Skills: numerical, logical & good interpersonal skills
- Keen interest in the working with data, numbers and technology
- Willingness to further explore and develop Excel skills
- Ability to communicate within a team and across all levels, including customers, suppliers and external stakeholders.
- Be proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to set priorities and manage to tight deadlines
- Willing to travel and build a strong internal network
- Analytical acumen
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Comfortable with ambiguity and working with large databases
Benefits
Company Funded Benefits
Along with a market competitive salary and discretionary bonus scheme, employees have the option to work flexibly in line with our hybrid working model and we would be happy to discuss this with you during the hiring process.
- Generous holiday entitlement - with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days per year
- A Holiday Banking scheme allowing you to bank untaken holiday to use another year
- Group Personal Pension
- Private Medical Insurance with self-funded option to cover family members
- Employee Assistance Programme available to all employees
- Personal Accident Insurance
Voluntary Benefits (funded by employee)
- Cycle To Work scheme
- Gym Membership
- Dental Insurance with option to include dependent children
- Health screening
- Dining card
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, colour, 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
If, like us, you’re motivated by delivering first class services, thrive in a fast paced and supportive environment and want to help Hitachi to drive social innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
