Plant Finance Manager
Eaton
Plant Finance Manager
Eaton
Power management leader for electrical systems
Eaton’s AER MSD Mission System Division is currently seeking a Plant Finance Manager. This role is based in Davenport, IA. Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates within the Unites States.
Join a leader in aerospace innovation. Eaton’s Mission Systems division manufactures mission critical components for commercial aircraft, military life support systems, and aerial refueling products.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 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.
This position is based in a fast-paced plant environment that supports Eaton’s global business and operations that uses different applications for financial accounting and reporting. This position provides financial leadership to the manufacturing locations, serving as a business partner and as a change agent to drive plant continuous improvement actions and to achieve overall plant targets. This role connects finance processes with operations, providing guidance, drive actions, and financial insights to ensure operational strategies and decisions will lead to the expected results.
• Financial Analysis: Analyze financial data and performance metrics related to the operations to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement. Drives accountability for results and defining key performance metrics together with business leaders
• Decision Support: Provide financial insights and analysis to support operational decision-making, such as evaluating capital deployment opportunities or new projects
• Driving initiatives (including CAPEX and WORKING CAPITAL) and influence changes: ensure productivity improvements and growth in areas such as operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality and supply chain management
• Collaborative Planning: Work closely with the business team to develop action plans, strategies, and initiatives based on financial insights. Drive and monitor the implementation of the plans
• Financial Modeling: Create financial models to assess the impact of various scenarios on operational performance
• Risk Management: Identify financial risks within the operations and propose mitigation strategies
• Performance Tracking: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to evaluate performance against targets
• Cost Management: Monitor and manage operational costs to achieve efficiency and cost-reduction while maintaining quality
• Inventory Management: Implement Inventory control actions and initiatives to maximize operational profitability while maximizing cash
• Forecasting: lead the main financial processes for the site, such forecasts and profit plan
• Cost Accounting: Analyze and interpret financial data related to the costs incurred by a company during its operations with the primary objective to provide valuable insights to management, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding cost efficiency, pricing strategies, and overall financial performance
• Talent Management: Builds organizational capability through successful hiring, talent development, and succession planning in the business. The Site Finance Lead will continually raise the bar on their team performance and find creative and meaningful ways to build the skills within their function to help lead premiere performance
• Fosters an environment that promotes Eaton’s goals, philosophies, and encourages continuous improvement
• Work with and support other Finance team members within the MSD organization
Interim State Job Requirements:
• Finance Transformation: Play an active role in leading the DAV finance team through Finance Transformation activities through transition of responsibilities into the Operating for Growth Structure
• Champion the finance culture change at the plant level, aiding the finance team to operate as business partners.
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of five (5) years accounting or finance experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Position Criteria:
• Ability to understand and communicate financial concepts to non-financial professionals
• Detail-oriented with effective organization and time management skills
• Highly motivated, highly analytical and self-starter
• Strong financial acumen and business partnering skills.
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Eaton designs and sells electrical power management products and services for data centers, utilities, aerospace, and other industries. It provides hardware like switches, circuit breakers, transformers, and distribution equipment, plus software and services to monitor, protect, and optimize power flow from generation to end use. It combines an end-to-end power management portfolio with a long history of acquisitions to be a broad, globally integrated provider. Its goal is to enable reliable, efficient, and safe electrification across industries by improving energy management and resilience.
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