Finance Manager

Eaton; Beachwood (OH); Híbrido; USD 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work schedule

Descripción de la vacante

Eaton Corporation seeks a Finance Manager, ESA Engineering, with a strong FP&A background to join a hybrid team at Beachwood, OH or Moon Township, PA. You’ll lead planning, forecasting, budgeting, and investment analysis to optimize the engineering portfolio and drive value creation.

You will partner with engineering and finance leadership, deliver insightful financial reporting, and help guide strategic decisions across multiple projects and trials while managing resources and cost controls.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or similar from an accredited institution.
• Seven (7) or more years of progressive finance/accounting experience supporting manufacturing operations or similar.
• No relocation is offered. Candidates must currently reside within a 75-mile radius of Cleveland, OH or Moon Township, PA to be considered.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the ESA Engineering strategic and profit planning processes, consolidating inputs across engineering groups and ensuring alignment with FP&A targets.
• Own monthly engineering forecasting, variance analysis, risk and opportunity management, and labor rate/mix analysis to improve forecast accuracy and cost performance.
• Drive zero-based budgeting and prioritization of engineering projects and investments to optimize resources and returns.
• Own engineering financial performance and portfolio controls, establishing KPIs for productivity, forecast accuracy, rate performance, project returns, and overall cost transparency.
• Strengthen investment discipline through project financial controls, commercial insights, and post-mortem analysis that improve prioritization, margin expansion, and future investment decisions.
• Optimize engineering resource and capital allocation to improve throughput, productivity, cost efficiency, and return on investment.
• Manage capital spending and performance against plan, identifying opportunities to improve utilization and financial outcomes.
• Partner with Commercial Finance, Operations, and FP&A to drive portfolio-level trade-offs and provide financial analysis supporting NPI and investment decisions.

Conocimientos

FP&A experience

Financial planning

Forecasting

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics

MBA

Herramientas

Oracle Planning module

SAP

Oracle Ledger

Descripción del empleo

Career Opportunities: Finance Manager (77019)

Requisition ID77019-Posted11/03/2026

Eaton’s Electrical Sector is looking for a Finance Manager, ESA Engineering who is passionate about combining financial expertise with strategic business partnership. Based at either our U.S. headquarters in Beachwood, OH, or our Moon Township, PA facility, this role offers a hybrid work schedule and the opportunity to influence investment decisions across a broad engineering portfolio.

Reporting to the Director of ESA Engineering Finance, you’ll partner closely with engineering and finance leadership to turn financial insights into business decisions. From planning and forecasting to portfolio optimization, productivity, and investment analysis, you’ll help ensure engineering resources are focused on the opportunities that deliver the greatest value. This is an opportunity to bring greater financial visibility, discipline, and strategic thinking to an organization focused on innovation and growth.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $150,000 - $190,000 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.

What you’ll do:

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Lead the ESA Engineering strategic and profit planning processes, consolidating inputs across engineering groups and ensuring alignment with FP&A targets.
• Own monthly engineering forecasting, variance analysis, risk and opportunity management, and labor rate/mix analysis to improve forecast accuracy and cost performance.
• Drive zero-based budgeting and prioritization of engineering projects and investments to optimize resources and returns.

Financial Management and Portfolio Controls:

• Own engineering financial performance and portfolio controls, establishing KPIs for productivity, forecast accuracy, rate performance, project returns, and overall cost transparency.
• Partner with Engineering and product-line teams to standardize accounting, monitoring, forecasting, funding, and reimbursement processes while driving accountability to financial commitments.
• Strengthen investment discipline through project financial controls, commercial insights, and post-mortem analysis that improve prioritization, margin expansion, and future investment decisions.

Capital Allocation and Decision Support:

• Optimize engineering resource and capital allocation to improve throughput, productivity, cost efficiency, and return on investment.
• Manage capital spending and performance against plan, identifying opportunities to improve utilization and financial outcomes.
• Partner with Commercial Finance, Operations, and FP&A to drive portfolio-level trade-offs and provide financial analysis supporting NPI and investment decisions.

Talent, Systems and Continuous Improvement:

• Partner with Project Accounting, IT, and Engineering Operations to automate and digitize project accounting, streamline processes, and reduce administrative burden.
• Build finance capability through standardized work, skills development, continuous improvement, and meaningful talent-development opportunities.
• Support an effective organizational design for engineering finance business partnering while attracting and developing strong, promotable talent.

Decision Responsibilities:

• Provide financial insights and recommendations to optimize the engineering portfolio, prioritize investments, and evaluate NPI opportunities.
• Determine the appropriate level of financial visibility and cost centralization needed to enable effective business decisions and accountability.
• Drive engineering productivity and cost-efficiency initiatives while holding business partners accountable to financial commitments and performance targets.

Qualifications:

Basic (required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or similar from an accredited institution.
• Seven (7) or more years of progressive finance/accounting experience supporting manufacturing operations or similar.
• No relocation is offered. Candidates must currently reside within a 75-mile radius of Cleveland, OH or Moon Township, PA to be considered. Active-Duty Military are exempt from this geographical limitation.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or master’s degree in finance or accounting from an accredited institution.
• Previous FP&A experience supporting business segment or function.
• Previous experience supporting engineering or a similar function from a finance perspective.
• One (1) or more years of experience managing direct reports.
• Previous experience using the Oracle Planning module.
• Previous experience using SAP or Oracle Ledger.

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