Eaton Hiring for Finance Manager at Syracuse, NY, United States Full Time

Eaton’s Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is currently seeking a Finance Manager. This role can report to one of the following Eaton locations : Syracuse, NY;

Moon Township, PA; Highland, IL; Beachwood, OH.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $105000.03 – $154000.04 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do : Position Overview :

Position Overview :

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. You will play a key role in the annual budget process, assess 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.

Essential Functions Include :

Provide guidance and support in reviewing and assessing monthly results and forecasts, including appropriate commentary to the Group and regional leaders.

Highlight areas of concern and recommend improvement actions.

• Demonstrate 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 assessing / 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.
• Support NA Controllership organization as business point of contact for internal and external audits including remediation of any gaps.
• Assist the Global compliance team with the deployment of compliance initiatives.
• Assess Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow statements for the North America business units.

Qualifications :

Required (Basic) Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum five (5) years of finance experience in a manufacturing environment
• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of one of the following Eaton locations (Syracuse, NY;

Moon Township, PA; Highland, IL; Beachwood, OH) to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring company sponsorship now and in the future

Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related specialization from an accredited institution
• MBA or CPA
• Experience with SAP, Oracle Business Warehouse, Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Financial Manager (HFM), Power BI

Skills

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

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.

Click here for more detail : Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.