Finance Manager

Eaton; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Electronics (Singapore) seeks a Finance Manager for East Asia to lead financial and accounting activities across EA, including month-end closing, reviews and operating support. You will drive process improvements and finance transformation via automation, data integrity, and compliance with Eaton policies and SOX.

You will partner with the commercial team to review project costing and margins, monitor CapEx, and support audits while applying strong commercial and accounting acumen to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; CPA or equivalent preferred.
• Over 10 years of experience, audit background preferred.
• Experience in SAP is a MUST; proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Responsibilities

• Oversee EA financial and accounting activities; month-end close and preliminary reviews.
• Partner with commercial teams to review project costing and margins; provide insights.
• Lead annual transfer pricing reviews and CapEx oversight; ensure SOX compliance.

Skills

Financial acumen

Leadership

Business partnering

Commercial insight

SAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting

CPA or equivalent

Graduate degree desirable

Tools

SAP

MS Excel

Power BI

PowerPoint

Job description

If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a successful and winning team, read on.

We are looking forward to a Finance Manager, East Asia in Eaton Electrical business based in Singapore.

Job Summary

This position oversees financial and accounting activities across East Asia (EA) countries, including month-end closing, preliminary financial reviews, and day-to-day operational support for the EA Controller. The role drives process improvements and finance transformation initiatives through automation and digital tools to enhance efficiency, data integrity, and compliance with Eaton policies, local regulations, and SOX requirements.

The position also serves as a key business partner to the commercial team, leveraging strong commercial and financial knowledge to review project costing models, support project bidding, monitor project margins, and provide actionable insights to drive profitability and business growth.

Key responsibilities include leading annual tack-on rate and transfer pricing reviews, conducting BSR reviews, overseeing CapEx spending, and collaborating with GFSS on accounting support.

The role requires strong accounting, internal control, and commercial acumen, with the ability to connect business operations to financial performance, provide meaningful insights to management, and ensure compliance across the EA region.

• Oversee the day-to-day Financial and accounting activities for EA countries. Supervise the month end closing and lead the Preliminary review (Act vs Forecast).
• Assist EA controllers to manage day-to-day finance operations, identify gaps and opportunities for process improvement for EA ledgers, drive continuous improvement in relation to systems and processes.
• Ensure compliance with Eaton polices local regulations and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Conduct regular training or knowledge sharing with EA finance team to build their capability.
• Utilize digital tools to streamline financial processes (power BI, automate the approval process, etc.), increase efficiency and maintain data integrity, create a culture of continuous improvement, support controller to drive finance transformation.
• Strong commercial knowledge, support sales team by reviewing project costing sheets, tracking on EA project margin and deep dive the margin gap with sales team.
• Ensure appropriate commercial and risk management processes are in place and support the business in the management of material commercial judgments and actions.
• Assess the TP impact and tack-on rate review, support on the annual standard cost revaluation for EA countries.
• Lead Monthly Balance sheet review for EA ledgers.
• Manage the EA Capex requirement and spending against Forecast & Profit Plans.
• Familiar with the SAP system and demonstrate cognitive understanding of the relationship to business processes, specifically financial transactions.
• Managing requirements for internal and external audit
• Support Ad-hoc Financial Projects – Such as system upgrading/Implementation, legal entity projects, etc.
• Any ad-hoc request from management on finance and compliance related.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting. Graduate degree desirable, as well as CPA or equivalent
• Over 10 years’ experience with a preference for someone who has audit firm experience.
• Experience in SAP is a MUST. Must be proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word software.

If you meet most of the criteria above, you’re the one we’re looking for. We hope to hear from you!

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