Senior Financial Reporting Accountant – UK

Location:

Ditton Park

Job ID:

R0075822

Date Posted:

2025-01-23

Company Name:

HITACHI EUROPE LTD.

Profession (Job Category):

Finance

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Our Company

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. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.

Hitachi Europe is made up of 5 legal entities in Europe (UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain). The total revenue for Hitachi Europe is approximately £180 million.

Hitachi Europe Ltd. is a social innovation company with headquarters based in Slough, England. The company’s European operations employ over 550 people to deliver services and solutions to customers in several key business areas. The company's portfolio includes digital media products, industrial components and equipment, European procurement and sourcing, research and design and information systems.

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, Public Affairs and Business Development.

What you’ll be doing

As part of the EMEA Financial Controlling Team, the UK Senior Financial Reporting Accountant will ensure that the accounting operations are timely and accurately reported in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and will be responsible for leading the delivery of statutory accounting for UK.

The UK Senior Financial Reporting Accountant reports to the European Financial Controller and this role is based in the UK.

The key contacts for the role will be diverse and will include CSS Finance teams (RTR, OCT and PTP), FP&A team, Treasury team, Tax Team, Internal Audit team, Internal Business groups, as well as external third parties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with IFRS accounting standards for UK and its branches.

• Lead month-end processes, including journal preparation/review, intercompany cross charges and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Analyse monthly financial reports (Balance sheet, P&L, Cash flow)

• Support the quarterly consolidation and group reporting

• Deliver local statutory financial statements for UK and its branches (local GAAP)

• Liaise with external auditors and advisors for timely completion of statutory audits.

• Liaise with internal auditors for timely completion of JSOX controls.

• Ensure timely submission of financial and non-financial information to local authorities.

• Support process improvement initiatives, automation and adhoc projects

• Support the Tax team for the preparation of the tax returns for UK legal entity and its Branches

• Responding to ad hoc requests

What you bring to the team 

We’re looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. The role will be a mixture of remote-hybrid work with days in the Hitachi Office.

The office location is Hitachi Europe Ltd, Botanica Ditton Park, Riding Court Road, Datchet, SL3 9LL

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, or a related field.

• Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or equivalent.

Skills:

• Ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

• Enthusiastic with a systematic approach in analysing and solving problems

• Solid experience in consolidation and financial reporting in multi-location and currencies

• Proficient user of ERP system (S4 Hana), Consolidation system and Budget Planning systems

• Competent user of Excel and other Microsoft tool, i.e. word and power-point

• Financial modelling and good analytical skills including commentary and presentation

• Technical understanding of IFRS

• Exposure to SOX or JSOX environment

• Experience of providing training and knowledge sharing

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

• High attention to detail and accuracy.

• Fluency in English (additional European languages a plus).

Benefits Package

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.

Benefits Package

Company Funded Benefits

• Market competitive salary and discretionary bonus scheme

• Generous holiday entitlement - with the option to buy up to an additional week per year.

• A Holiday Banking scheme allowing you to bank untaken holiday to use another year.

• Group Personal Pension

• Private Medical Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programme available to all employees

• Personal Accident Insurance

Voluntary Benefits (funded by employee) including.

• 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.