Director, Internal Audit

Eaton Corporation; Royal Pines (NC); On-site; USD 182,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Director, Internal Audit to lead a global FinOps Internal Audit portfolio focused on financial and operational risks across assigned businesses, regions, and enterprise processes. The role emphasizes risk-based assurance, strong internal controls, and clear leadership insights to senior management.

The successful candidate will build relationships with senior leaders, deploy resources globally, and develop a high-performing team while leveraging data analytics and digital

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive professional experience in public accounting, internal audit, finance, controllership, operations, or related risk and assurance functions.
• Minimum 3 years of people-management experience.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Internal Audit Leadership: Establish the function's strategy, priorities, operating rhythm, talent agenda, and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Leadership: Maintain relationships with senior leaders and align with business strategy and emerging risks.
• Risk-Based Audit Portfolio: Develop and execute a global, risk-based portfolio of audits informed by risk assessments and business priorities.
• Audit Execution: Lead planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up to ensure timely, high-quality engagements.
• Executive Insights & Remediation: Translate findings into actionable insights for senior leadership and drive remediation.
• Strategic Advisory: Provide advisory support for significant initiatives while maintaining independence.
• Risk & Assurance Coordination: Align with SOX, ERM, Ethics, IT Audit, and external audit teams to minimize gaps.
• Global Resource Management: Allocate audit resources across teams and geographies based on risk and priorities.
• People Leadership: Develop a high-performing global team through coaching and succession planning.
• Digital Audit & Analytics: Promote data analytics, AI, AuditBoard, and other digital capabilities to improve processes.

Skills

Leadership

Risk-based auditing

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Strategic advisory

Resource management

Project management

Mentoring and coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AuditBoard

ERP systems

Job description

Eaton is hiring a Director, Internal Audit to lead a global Financial and Operational (FinOps) Internal Audit portfolio aligned to assigned businesses, regions, and enterprise processes, primarily in Electrical Sector Americas.

This leader will develop and execute a risk-based assurance and advisory portfolio that evaluates financial reporting, operational, compliance, and enterprise risks; strengthens internal controls; and delivers clear, actionable insights to senior leadership.

As a key member of the Internal Audit leadership team, the Director will build trusted relationships with business and functional leaders, maintain connectivity to strategic priorities and emerging risks, deploy resources flexibly across the global audit plan, and develop a high-performing team with broad enterprise exposure.

Job Responsibilities

• Internal Audit Leadership: Serve as a key member of the Internal Audit leadership team, helping establish the function's strategy, annual priorities, operating rhythm, talent agenda, and continuous improvement roadmap.
• Stakeholder Leadership: Own relationships with senior leaders across assigned businesses, regions, and enterprise processes. Maintain connectivity to business strategy, operating priorities, transformation initiatives, acquisitions, capacity expansion, and emerging risks.
• Risk-Based Audit Portfolio: Develop and execute a global, risk-based portfolio of financial, operational, compliance, and advisory audits informed by enterprise risk assessments, business priorities, regulatory developments, and historical control issues.
• Audit Execution: Direct audit planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up activities to ensure engagements are timely, high quality, business relevant, and consistent with Internal Audit standards and methodologies.
• Executive Insights & Remediation: Translate complex financial, operational, and control findings into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership. Connect individual findings to broader enterprise themes and influence sustainable remediation and process improvement.
• Strategic Advisory: Provide advisory support for significant business initiatives, transformations, acquisitions, and other strategic priorities while maintaining Internal Audit's independence and appropriate assurance coverage.
• Risk & Assurance Coordination: Partner with SOX, Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance, Controls Compliance and Advisory, Information Technology Audit, Cybersecurity, Legal, and external audit teams to align risk coverage and minimize gaps or unnecessary duplication.
• Global Resource Management: Deploy audit resources flexibly across teams and geographies based on risk, complexity, business priorities, workload, and employee development objectives.
• People Leadership: Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing global team through goal setting, performance management, coaching, succession planning, timely feedback, and meaningful experiential development opportunities.
• Digital Audit & Analytics: Champion the use of data analytics, artificial intelligence, AuditBoard, and other digital capabilities to strengthen risk identification, audit execution, reporting, and productivity.
• Functional Excellence: Monitor audit execution, remediation plans, resource utilization, and key performance indicators. Represent Internal Audit in governance forums and lead department-wide initiatives that strengthen the effectiveness and impact of the function.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $182000 - $266000 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive professional experience in public accounting, internal audit, finance, controllership, operations, or related risk and assurance functions.
• Minimum 3 years of people-management experience.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or comparable professional certification.
• Demonstrated experience leading global teams and/or complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting large-scale business change, transformation, or complex enterprise initiatives.
• Electrical industry experience.
• Deep knowledge of internal audit methodologies, enterprise risk assessment, financial reporting, operational and compliance auditing, and internal control design and effectiveness.
• Strong accounting and financial acumen, including the ability to interpret financial statements, evaluate financial and operational performance, and connect audit findings to business outcomes.
• Working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and the interdependencies among financial, operational, and technology-enabled controls.
• Broad business acumen and experience operating within complex, global organizations, including manufacturing, acquisitions, supply chain, business transformations, and regulatory environments.
• Experience leading global teams and working effectively across diverse business, cultural, and regulatory environments.
• Experience with data analytics, visualization, artificial intelligence, financial and accounting applications, enterprise resource planning systems, and audit management technology.
• Experience with AuditBoard or comparable audit, governance, risk, and compliance platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders, constructively challenge existing practices, and influence sustainable change.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, resources, and timelines while consistently delivering high-quality results.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial, operational, control, and risk information into clear recommendations for senior audiences.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset with experience simplifying processes, improving audit methodologies, and leveraging technology to increase effectiveness.
• Proven success developing talent through coaching, feedback, succession planning, and meaningful development opportunities.
• Demonstrated sound judgment, professional skepticism, and independence when evaluating complex risks and control issues.

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