Lead Financial Analyst

Job Description

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Lead Financial Analyst to join our Financial Reporting & Analysis team. This position is based at either our Beachwood, OH; Moon Twp, PA; Houston, TX; Southfield, MI; or Peachtree City, Georgia. Hybrid remote work will vary on location.

Position Overview:

The Lead Financial Analyst is responsible for providing support to the global corporate functions by gathering, analyzing, and consolidating financial data. It is responsible for partnering with the various corporate functions leadership teams to develop and coordinate profit plans, strategic plans, monthly forecasts, allocations, goals and objectives. This position will report to the Manager of Corporate Functional Reporting & Analysis within the Corporate Controller function.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

In this function you will:

• Serve as a liaison to corporate departments involved in accounting transactions.
• Provide insightful analysis to assist department managers with critical financial decision making.
• Lend accounting expertise and provide interpretation of accounting policies and forecasting/profit plan guidelines.
• Analyze global corporate expenses and headcount data and furnish reports to senior management.
• Identify, research, and provide comments on variances to the previous forecast and to full-year profit plan for corporate departments that are included in the reporting package to senior management.
• Support the profit planning process and provide guidance on due dates, reporting, analysis, etc.
• Support the various corporate functional organization in financial matters lending expertise to assist in decision making, assist with profit plan and rolling forecasts.
• Support the Help Desk and the 600+ global users of RADAR.
• Manage the day to day activities; includes working with worldwide corporate admin centers to understand budgets and ensure consistent application of forecasting policies and procedures.

Why work at Eaton? We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites)
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years of accounting and/or finance experience
• This position does not provide sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• This position does not provide relocation. Candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Eaton's Beachwood, OH; Moon Twp, PA; Houston, TX; Southfield, MI; or Peachtree City, Georgia facilities to be considered.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience using Oracle and Longview software
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to interact effectively and influence employees at all levels within the organization.

Position Criteria:

• Ability to observe, evaluate, summarize, and communicate highly complex issues and make decisions based on those observations.

Eaton also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call 412-893-3600 or send an email to: [email protected]

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call 412-893-3600 or send an email to: [email protected]

What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Finance/Accounting

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: Corporate Sector

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time