EMEA Commercial Finance Operations Continuous Improvement Leader

Eaton; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Structured onboarding

Continuous learning

Family-conscious personnel policy

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a senior finance operations professional to lead Lean-driven improvements across close, forecasting, RevRec, and project finance. You’ll design robust processes that hold under peak loads and partner with BP, Deal Desk, and COE to improve hand-offs.

You’ll translate changes into scalable system-enabled solutions with SAP experience and coach teams in continuous improvement for lasting impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Engineering or related field.
• 7–10+ years of experience in finance operations, accounting, or FP&A with hands-on process improvement delivery.
• Proven Lean/Continuous Improvement methods applied to financial processes across multiple countries.
• Strong background in Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Experience improving financial close, forecasting, or related processes.
• Understanding of finance systems and data flows (e.g., SAP) to enable automation.
• Ability to translate improvements into system and control-compliant solutions.
• Structured, data-driven problem-solving mindset with persistence.

Responsibilities

• Lead Lean-based improvement initiatives across CFOps core processes such as close, forecasting, RevRec and project finance.
• Design processes that withstand peak-period pressure while maintaining controls and timing.
• Partner across Commercial Finance pillars to improve hand-offs and execution quality.
• Drive automation and system enablement with Finance Systems and IT for scalable, country-wide solutions.
• Build Continuous Improvement capability and coach teams to adopt Lean ways of working.

Skills

Lean

Continuous Improvement

Problem-solving

Data-driven

Execution-focused

Influence without authority

Multi-country experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

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What You'll Do

• Lead Continuous Improvement Across CFOps Core Processes – Drives Lean‑based improvement initiatives across close, forecasting, RevRec, and project finance processes, identifies root causes of inefficiency, rework, and cadence risk, ensures improvements are practical, adopted, and measurable.
• Protect Cadence Through Process Design – Designs processes that withstand peak‑period pressure, eliminates manual workarounds, ensures improvements never compromise control, auditability, or timing.
• Partner Across Commercial Finance Pillars on Process Enablement – Supports BP, Deal Desk, and COE pillars where process changes improve hand‑offs and execution quality, clarifies interfaces, inputs, and outputs to reduce friction, does not take ownership of pillar‑specific execution.
• Drive Automation and System Enablement – Works with Finance Systems and IT to translate process improvements into system‑enabled solutions, reduces reliance on spreadsheets, manual reconciliations, ensures solutions scale across countries and ledgers.
• Build Continuous Improvement Capability – Establishes Lean ways of working, tools, mindset; coaches teams on problem‑solving; creates a repeatable improvement pipeline.

Decision Rights & Boundaries: Owns continuous improvement roadmap, Lean methodology execution; does not own operational execution of close, forecast, RevRec, or strategic business partnering, analytics, deal governance, or pricing decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Engineering or related field.
• 7–10+ years of experience in finance operations, accounting, or FP&A, with hands‑on delivery of process improvement initiatives.
• Proven background applying Lean/Continuous Improvement methods to financial processes in complex, multi‑country organisations.
• Strong background in Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
• Hands‑on experience improving financial close, forecasting, or accounting‑adjacent processes.
• Understanding of finance systems and data flows (e.g., SAP‑based environments) sufficient to enable automation.
• Ability to translate process improvements into system and control‑compliant solutions.
• Strong execution focus and pragmatism – delivers change, not frameworks.
• Ability to influence without formal authority in matrix environments.
• Structured, data‑driven problem‑solving mindset.
• Persistence and resilience when addressing long‑standing inefficiencies.

Our Offer

Become part of a global company whose mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through sustainable energy‑management technologies. Challenging tasks in a dynamic environment, flexible working hours, a family‑conscious personnel policy, structured onboarding, ethical standards, passion, responsibility, efficiency, transparency, and continuous learning.

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