Sustainability Finance Team Lead

Sustainable PMO

Location:

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job ID:

R0126309

Date Posted:

2026-05-07

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Finance

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

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 you’ll 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 Energy’s 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 Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Should have Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, Sustainability, Engineering, or a related field.
• Must have 5–7 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.

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Experience Level

Senior Level