Sustainable PMO

The opportunity:

The Sustainability Finance Team Lead is responsible for leading and coordinating Sustainability Finance delivery within the Controlling Capability Center (CCC) setup. The role ensures the high-quality compliant and decision-relevant integration of ESG and sustainability metrics into financial reporting planning and business decision-making. This position sits at the intersection of Sustainability / ESG reporting digital transformation and Finance & Controlling. It combines functional leadership hands-on contribution project coordination and stakeholder management acting as a key interface between Sustainability Finance & Controlling SAP CoE / IT external vendors and the business. The role plays a critical part in enabling data-driven transparency for sustainability-related regulatory compliance and strategic initiatives including CSRD EU Taxonomy SSBJ green financing green ledger development and carbon foot printing.

How youll make an impact:

• Lead and coordinate Sustainability Finance activities within the CCC set-up.
• Ensure consistent high-quality and compliant delivery of sustainability-related finance processes and outputs.
• Drive the integration of ESG and sustainability metrics into core Finance & Controlling processes and decision-making.
• Design implement and optimize SAP-based solutions that integrate sustainability metrics into Hitachi Energys financial systems.
• Drive the implementation and enhancement of relevant SAP capabilities to enable Finance & Controlling data integration for ESG compliance and reporting.
• Ensure effective integration across finance-relevant SAP modules especially SAP FICO SD and PP.
• Enable automated and digitalized data integration for sustainability compliance and reporting requirements.
• Drive the collection validation and workflow automation of data needed for CSRD EU Taxonomy SSBJ and other global regulatory frameworks.
• Support transparent auditable and decision-useful reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze design and improve end-to-end Sustainability Finance processes.
• Identify opportunities for standardization automation digitalization and continuous improvement.
• Assess risks dependencies and process interlinkages to strengthen efficiency and compliance.
• Act as the primary liaison between Finance & Controlling Sustainability SAP CoE / IT business stakeholders and external vendors.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and act as a PMO / project lead for Sustainability Finance system and process initiatives.
• Manage multiple projects with global stakeholders and ensure clear governance prioritization and progress tracking.
• Support the design documentation and monitoring of relevant internal controls policies and key risks related to Sustainability Finance processes.
• Help establish a standard internal control and audit assessment mechanism for sustainability-related financial processes and reporting.
• Ensure solutions and processes meet governance compliance and audit requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations procedures and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energys core values safety and integrity which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Should have Bachelors or masters degree in finance Accounting Business Administration Information Systems Sustainability Engineering or a related field.
• Must have 57 years of relevant professional experience in SAP Finance & Controlling project management or sustainability-related finance transformation.
• Additional certifications in SAP and/or Project Management are preferred.
• Strong practical experience with SAP FICO SD and PP modules.
• Strong understanding of SAP architecture and its integration with financial systems Procure-to-Pay and Sales & Distribution processes.
• Strong systems and technology mindset with the ability to drive adoption optimization and digital transformation in operations.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to assess risks dependencies and interdependencies.
• Solid project management capabilities with experience managing multiple initiatives involving global stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex topics clearly across different organizational levels and forums.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead and collaborate in a multinational environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement process optimization and digitalization.
• Good knowledge of internal controls governance documentation and audit-related requirements.
• Experience in integrating systems processes and data across Finance & Controlling environments.
• Exposure to ESG / sustainability reporting regulatory compliance and digital transformation initiatives is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.