Plant Finance Manager

Eaton Corporation; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Plant Finance Manager for their Williamsburg, VA location. This role provides financial leadership and connects finance processes with operations to drive business targets and improvements. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, analytical with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field and at least three years of finance experience in manufacturing.

The expected salary range for this position is $97,000 to $143,000 annually. Key responsibilities include financial analysis, decision support, and leading the forecasting processes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of varied accounting and finance experience in manufacturing.
• Experience translating financial concepts to non-financial professionals.

Responsibilities

• Own the financial picture for operations, spotting trends and issues.
• Support strategic decisions by providing financial insights.
• Ensure accurate costing and standard costs maintenance.
• Lead forecasting and planning for the site.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Analytical skills

Time management

Strong communication skills

Microsoft Office 365 tools

Cost accounting knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or Accounting

Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance (preferred)

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a Plant Finance Manager. This position provides financial leadership to the Williamsburg, VA location, serving as a business partner and change agent to drive continuous improvement actions and achieve overall business targets. This role connects finance processes with operations, providing guidance, driving actions, and offering financial insights to ensure operational strategies and decisions lead to the expected results.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, comfortable with ambiguity, process improvement focused, can effectively manage multiple projects/priorities, and demonstrates the drive and people capability to deliver results within a global, growing, and profitable business.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year.

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:

• Financial Analysis: Own the financial picture for operations, looking at sales, purchasing, COGS, and manufacturing results to spot trends, issues, and opportunities to improve performance.
• Decision Support: Support day‑to‑day and strategic decisions by providing clear financial insights around investments, projects, and operational trade‑offs.
• Keep costing accurate and useful, maintaining standard costs and analyzing variances so leaders understand what’s driving margins and where action is needed.
• Oversee cost accounting basics, making sure costs are applied consistently and make sense for how the business actually runs.
• Take ownership of ERP data quality, ensuring cost, inventory, and financial data is accurate, complete, and reliable for reporting and decision‑making.
• Lead forecasting and planning for the site, including forecasts, annual plans, and updates as business conditions change.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to evaluate performance against targets.
• Manage COGS performance, helping operations understand results versus plan and where improvements can be made.
• Drive productivity, CAPEX, and working capital efforts, partnering with operations to improve cash flow and overall efficiency.
• Forecasting: Lead the main financial processes for the site, such as forecasts and profit plans.
• Be responsible for inventory accuracy, including valuation, physical inventories, cycle counts, and ongoing improvement of inventory controls.
• Watch for financial risks and issues, putting practical controls and fixes in place before problems grow.
• Work closely with operations leaders, translating numbers into clear actions and following through on improvement plans.
• Partner with centralized finance teams, helping navigate finance transformation, process changes, MRP improvements, and system or role transitions.
• Support MRP development for future improvements.
• Support change management process for facility and product improvements.

Qualifications:

• Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or other related area from an accredited institution.
• At least 3 years of varied accounting/finance with manufacturing experience.
• 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:
• Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited institution.

Skills:

• Detail-oriented with effective organization and time management skills.
• Highly motivated, highly analytical and self-starter.
• Competencies: Gets Results through Self & Others, Digital Mindset, Build Organizational Capability, Thinks & Acts Strategically.
• Strong communication skills.
• Computer knowledge: Microsoft office 365 tools, SharePoint, Oracle, ENCORE, prefer PBI, AS400, SAP.
• Ability to understand and communicate financial concepts to non-financial professionals.
• Knowledge in: Auditing & DR Accounting Principles, dual currency accounting management, cost accounting general knowledge.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.