Plant Finance Manager

Eaton; Cleveland (TN); On-site; USD 113,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton’s Electrical Sector - ARS division seeks a Plant Finance Manager onsite at the Cleveland, TN CPA manufacturing facility. You will lead the plant's financial performance, partnering with operations to drive cost efficiency and strategic capital decisions.

Responsibilities include financial analysis, forecasting, cost accounting, and KPI tracking; you will shape plans, manage CAPEX and inventory, and support transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, accounting or related area.
• Five (5) years of progressive accounting/finance experience in manufacturing, distribution, or similar environment.
• MBA or advanced degree in accounting or finance preferred.
• Eight years of progressive accounting/finance experience preferred.
• Two (2) years of data analytics experience supporting a manufacturing facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial analysis to drive plant performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide decision support for capital deployment and new projects.
• Drive CAPEX and inventory initiatives to improve productivity and cost leadership.
• Collaborate with operations to develop action plans and monitor implementation.
• Create financial models to evaluate various scenarios affecting operations.
• Identify financial risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Monitor KPIs and operational metrics to assess performance against targets.
• Manage cost control to achieve efficiency while maintaining quality.
• Oversee inventory control actions to maximize profitability and cash flow.
• Support talent development and succession planning within the finance organization.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Forecasting

Cost accounting

KPI tracking

Operations liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

MBA or advanced degree in accounting/finance

Job description

Eaton’s Electrical Sector - ARS division is currently seeking a Plant Finance Manager based onsite at our Cleveland, TN Commercial Products & Assemblies (CPA) manufacturing facility. Relocation assistance is available to qualified candidates currently residing in the US.

This position provides financial leadership to the CPA manufacturing facility, serving as a business partner and as a change agent to drive plant continuous improvement actions and to achieve overall plant targets. This role connects finance processes with operations, providing guidance, drive actions, and financial insights to ensure operational strategies and decisions will lead to the expected results.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year. Please note the salary information shown 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

• Financial Analysis: Analyze financial data and performance metrics related to the operations to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement. Drives accountability for results and defining key performance metrics together with business leaders
• Decision Support: Provide financial insights and analysis to support operational decision-making, such as evaluating capital deployment opportunities or new projects.
• Driving initiatives (including CAPEX and INVENTORY) and influence changes: ensure productivity improvements and growth in areas such as operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality and supply chain management
• Collaborative Planning: Work closely with the operations team to develop action plans, strategies, and initiatives based on financial insights. Drive and monitor the implementation of the plans
• Financial Modeling: Create financial models to assess the impact of various scenarios on operational performance.
• Risk Management: Identify financial risks within the operations and propose mitigation strategies.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to evaluate performance against targets.
• Cost Management: Monitor and manage operational costs to achieve efficiency and cost-reduction while maintaining quality.
• Inventory Management: Implement Inventory control actions and initiatives to maximize operational profitability while maximizing cash
• Talent Management: Builds organizational capability through successful hiring, talent development, and succession planning in the business
• Forecasting: lead the main financial processes for the site, how forecasts and profit plan
• Cost Accounting: Analyze and interpret financial data related to the costs incurred by a company during its operations with the primary objective to provide valuable insights to management, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding cost efficiency, pricing strategies, and overall financial performance.
• Interim State Job Responsibilites:
  • Lead and support the finance and plant leadership teams through finance transformation:
  • Champion the finance culture change at the plant level, aiding the finance team to operate as business partners.
  • Support all CoE and Transformation initiatives as required.

Qualifications

Basic (required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, accounting or other related areas from an accredited institution.
• Five (5) years of progressive experience in accounting/finance working in or supporting a manufacturing, distribution, or similar environment/organization.
• 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 advanced degree in accounting or finance from an accredited institution.
• Eight years of progressive experience in accounting/finance.
• Two (2) years of experience in data analytics supporting a manufacturing facility.

Skills

• Ability to understand and communicate financial concepts to non-financial professionals.
• Detail-oriented with effective organization and time management skills.
• Highly motivated, highly analytical and self-starter.
• Strong financial acumen and business partnering skills.

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