Finance Director, Power Distribution & Control Division

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a Finance Director, Power Distribution & Control Division. The position will be based at our facility in Arden or Charlotte, NC. We are offering relocation assistance for candidates that reside within the US.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $158000 - $232000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

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

In this role you will provide strategic, analytical, and tactical leadership in support of the Power Distribution and Control Division SVP/GM, as well as Business Unit and Plant Finance Leaders. This position manages all financial aspects for the division, including monthly financial reporting, financial forecasts and plans, financial decision modeling and analysis, financial policies and procedures, and provides advice and counsel to the division leadership team and finance function. This position reports directly to the PDCA SVP/GM and functionally to the Vice President – Finance, ARS.

Essential Functions Of This Position Include

• Business partnership with the division SVP/GM and business teams providing financial and operational analysis to achieve objectives.
• Lead profit plan process, orchestrate the efforts of the business and plants planning teams to develop a solid plan with all required presentation materials for Group and Sector review. Support the preparation of the Strategic Plan financials.
• Lead closing process, provide guidance and support in the consolidation, reporting and analysis of monthly results and forecasts, including appropriate commentary to the Division, Group, Sector and Corporate leadership teams. Highlight areas of concern and recommend improvement actions.
• Perform special analysis to support strategic business decision making. This can include financial analysis in support of strategic initiatives, capital investments, changing business models, acquisition activity, make vs. buy analysis, pricing models, etc
• Evaluate capital appropriation requests and works with the businesses and plants to ensure documents meet all corporate requirements and clearly articulate capital requirements and associated benefits to the organization.
• Be a change champion for Finance transformation and partner closely with the Finance transformation team to establish the future state of finance process and structure.
• Drive financial process and systems improvements to ensure the integrity of financial results and to improve efficiencies.
• Recommend, review and provide input to Corporate and Sector on changes to Financial Policies and Procedures, to assure integrity of financial systems and procedures
• Provide leadership to the PDCA finance organization in recruiting and developing top talent. Coach and mentor high potentials within the organization and build a pipeline of talent for succession planning purposes.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration from an accredited institution
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Finance
• Minimum 4 years of leadership experience
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business and/or CPA from an accredited institution
• Experience in managing a financial organization within a manufacturing and Engineer to Order (ETO) environment.
• Experience with leadership capability, ability to build and develop teams, excellent communication skills.
  
  
  

Skills

Position Criteria:

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Acts as a business partner and provides thought leadership
• Ability to upgrade the organization through the infusion of top talent, through both the selection of new employees and the development of current employees
• Effectively drives and manages change, challenges the status quo and champions new and innovative ideas
• Ability to operate across, and influence within a complex matrixed organizational structure
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and concepts
• Knowledge of internal controls environment including GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley requirements
• Proven experience in budget preparation and budget presentation skills
• Progressive work experience in a manufacturing environment including sourcing and manufacturing practices and operation performance measurement
• Demonstrates professional presence, communicates articulately and confidently
• Ability to handle multiple priorities against multiple deadlines
  
  
  

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.