Plant Finance Manager

Eaton; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking power management company as a Plant Controller, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring financial integrity and driving growth. This position involves collaborating closely with plant leadership, managing P&L, and providing insightful financial analysis to enhance decision-making. The company fosters a culture of inclusion and sustainability, investing in employee development and wellbeing. If you're passionate about finance and eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package

Ongoing learning and development opportunities

Wellness programs

Internal promotion opportunities

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing and standard costing environments.
• Professional accounting qualification preferred for financial oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial control and integrity for site financial reporting.
• Act as a key business partner to leadership in operating strategies.

Skills

SAP

Excel (advanced level)

Strong communication skills

Education

Professional Accounting qualification

Degree in relevant field

Tools

ENCORE

Job description

We are more than just a power management company, we are committed to inclusion, diversity, and sustainability. You will be part of a global team committed to delivering on our brand promise: "Make what matters work". We pride ourselves on building a culture that reflects our shared goals, beliefs, and attitudes.

We are ethical - We are passionate - We are responsible - We are efficient - We are transparent - We are learning. We are EATON!

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in a dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

What you’ll do:

We're now looking for a Plant Controller who will provide financial control and integrity to the site's financial reporting and analysis, have full ownership of the financial statements, and partner with the plant manager and leadership team to deliver predictability and growth.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a key business partner to the Plants’ Leadership teams in all matters relating to operating strategies and decisions
• Own the P&L and Balance Sheet and analyze all relevant impacts to the P&L and drive priorities with focus on long-term sustainability, growth, and profitability
• Provide financial insight into business operating reviews
• Proactively drive continuous improvements in financial and business practices.
• Provide accurate and timely financial analysis and reports to aid in profitably managing the business and make recommendations to compensate for variances when detected.
• Full understanding of Manufacturing processes and project cost and variance analysis in order to analyze operational and financial data, investigate variances, identify business drivers, and evaluate their impact on planned objectives
• Provide financial support on business initiatives, including investment appraisal, cost productivity, monitoring performance and key projects i.e. Variable costs management, E&O, SG&A costs control.
• Work with the plant leadership team and managers to enhance their understanding of the relationship between performance indicators, decision-making processes, and future financial performance. Inform them of results and recommend corrective actions to address unfavorable variances.
• Plant Controllers to be supported in all tasks by the BU central finance team and the FP&A team.

Qualifications:

• Professional Accounting qualification Degree desirable
• 7 Years+ Experience, including time within Manufacturing and Standard costing environment
• Plant Controller experience desirable

Skills:

• SAP essential, ENCORE desirable. Excel advanced level
• Strong communication skills

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.