Finance Manager

Eaton's North America Crouse-Hinds, B-Line and Oil & Gas organization is seeking a Finance Manager. This position is located in Syracuse, NY.

The Finance Manager will have the opportunity to work with the North America (NA) leadership team in the >$1 billion dollar North America Crouse-Hinds, B-Line, and Oil & Gas organization as well as the Group financial team.

This position will report to the North America Controller for Eaton Crouse-Hinds/B-Line North America. Its primary purpose is to play a key role in the annual budget process, analyze monthly performance through financial statement reviews, complete month end tasks, understand regional receivables performance, partner with Engineering to monitor & report R&D performance, give presentations to NA leadership on financial performance, and perform analysis on changes in the business.

The incumbent must possess the ability to both provide and present meaningful reports and metrics to Senior Mgt. A strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, control concepts, financial, and budget principles is required. In addition, a general knowledge of automated systems, and the function of the finance department are required. An advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are required. The position requires advanced abilities for problem solving, developing and presenting accurate financial information as requested by Senior Mgt.

• Provide guidance and support in reviewing and analyzing monthly results and forecasts, including appropriate commentary to the Group and regional leaders. Highlight areas of concern and recommend improvement actions.
• Demonstrates the ability to drive process improvements: detecting the need for change, proactively gathering requirements, designing, and developing processes, implementing change, and stabilizing process changes to deliver on stakeholders' critical requirements.
• Perform special analyses to support strategic business decision-making; inclusive of financial analysis in support of strategic initiatives, capital investments, changing business models, acquisition activity, make vs. buy analysis, pricing models, etc.
• Support the development of the region's strategic plan financials, annual profit plan, and monthly closing and rolling forecasts.
• Interface actively with the business unit (BU) finance leaders, Group, and Corporate finance teams (tax, audit, treasury, etc.) as well as the North America leadership team.
• Participate and own certain elements of key monthly financial processes to include month-end closing, forecasting, and planning.
• Create standard work associated with analyzing/prioritizing, tracking, and executing outgrowth investments including NPI and penetration globally. Specific focus on partnering with engineering, product management and program management on NPI ROI, BOC quality and ProLaunch improvements. This also includes aligning outgrowth investments to financial performance within regional plans through ROPs.
• Understand business requirements, develop solutions to meet those requirements and as required, participate on teams to implement changes
• Report on SG&A expenditure analysis to identify trends and areas in need of cost control focus. Provide valuable variance analysis to highlight issues or opportunities and promote understanding of necessary changes.
• Lead the implementation of process improvement ideas to enable more accurate and faster reporting.
• Analyze Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow statements for the North America business units.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related specialization from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 5 years experience in finance management
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or CPA
• Financial analysis experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle Business Warehouse, Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Financial Manager (HFM), Power BI.

Position Criteria:

• Detail-oriented
• High level of integrity
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle multiple priorities against multiple deadlines
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in assessing, improving and redesigning or enhancing business processes
• Strong, self-motivated team player
• Ability to work within strict time constraints and changing priorities
• Able to work well with people across multiple functions
• Ability to communicate/present to senior level managers
• Requires a strong understanding of standard financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow) and working knowledge and application of accounting principles and practices

Eaton also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call 412-893-3600 or send an email to: [email protected]

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call 412-893-3600 or send an email to: [email protected]

What you will get from us

Eaton's mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power - more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton's 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company's operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Finance/Accounting

Region: North America - US/Puerto Rico
Organization: EPG CHD EP Americas

Job Level: Manager
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: Relocation from within hiring country only
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time