Location:

Santa Clara, California, United States

Job ID:

R0057635

Date Posted:

2024-07-23

Company Name:

HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.

Profession (Job Category):

Communications & Corporate Affairs

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Investor Relations Specialist

Company: Hitachi America, Ltd.

Division: US Investor Relations in Finance Div.

Location: Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid)

Status: Regular, Full-Time

The Company

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the business structure of “Digital Systems & Services” - supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Energy & Mobility” - contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and “Connective Industries” - connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2022 (ended March 31, 2023) totaled 10,881.1 billion yen, with 696 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.

Summary:
Hitachi America is looking for an Investor Relations Specialist who possesses effective communication skills and is a dedicated team player. Our ideal candidate will be able to answer questions, provide respectful, consistent follow-through, and have a desire to help investors understand Hitachi.

Responsibilities:

• Communicate with potential and current investors, taking inbound calls, making outbound calls, and following up on leads/tasks. No cold calling.

• Understand potential and current investors' needs and identifies sales opportunities.

• Arrange and support investors visits and meetings.

• Develop and maintain investor target lists.

• Attend conferences and meetings as needed. Keep meeting notes and coordinate all follow-up materials.

• Monitor, analyze and report on industry and peer company information and practices by tracking research reports, news, earnings calls and other relevant sources.

• Complete market analysis and support building out materials in advance of investor meetings.

• Work internally across finance, accounting, public relations, and other areas to ensure coordination and consistent communication and disclosures with headquarters IR team in Japan.

• Manage external vendor relationships including IR agency, stock surveillance, website/conference call provider.

• Work other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study.

• 3+ years of investor relations, finance, strategy and / or communication experience.

• An interest in/passion for working with investors.

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal communications, and business writing skills.

• Strong in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Ability to analyze financial statements and perform effective benchmarking and competitive analysis.

• Understanding of valuation and modeling techniques used by investors and analysts.

• Comfortable traveling and working across time-zones.

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, color, 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

For California only (as required by California’s Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act (SB 1162): The expected salary for this position in our California office is $94,834 - $118,542. Pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi America’s variable pay program, subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.
 

Qualified Applicants with arrest or Conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. 

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 [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.