Finance Director

Finance Director

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.

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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 accommodation@hal.hitachi.com. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.