Financial Specialist

Eaton’s Corporate Sector is currently seeking a Financial Specialist to join our team. This position is based at our North American HQ in Beachwood, OH with hybrid work available.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $105000.03 – $154000.04 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:

Position Overview:

Eaton’s Financial Specialist will serve as a business partner between finance and Global Corporate functions within Eaton. This position will be responsible for partnering with all levels of the organization from individual activity centers to Senior Executives in order to provide finance support. The position will manage and coordinate profit plans, strategic plans, monthly forecast, actuals reporting well as special projects.

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive financial results and identify key drivers of variances in the forecast as a key business partner to senior management. This includes identifying, researching, and providing comments on variances to forecast and to full-year profit plan for corporate functions that are included in the reporting package to senior management.

• Provide insightful analysis to assist department managers with critical financial decision making. Lend accounting expertise, provide interpretation of accounting policies and application of forecasting policies and procedures.

• Manage the profit planning process including the preparation of annual profit plan to be presented to the Chairman and Chief Executive Office, coordinating allocations and guidance to operations.

• Drive process standardization; including development and implementation of process improvements and digitalization efforts

• Support ad hoc finance projects and develop fact based recommendations to assist senior leadership in making informed business decisions.

• Develop tools and reports to help analyze actuals, forecast and profit plan. Identify potential areas of risk and opportunities to senior management to drive business results and goals.

• Manage the day to day activities; partnering with global corporate functions to understand budgets and ensure consistent application of accounting and forecasting policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited institution required.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in accounting or finance.

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Only candidates currently located within a 50 mile radius of Beachwood, OH will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.

Preferred qualifications:

• Oracle/SAP/Microsoft Office/US GAAP.

Skills:

Position Criteria:

• Sense of urgency, drive for results, and a focus on accuracy, integrity, and ethical behavior.

• Strong Communication Skills.

Position Criteria:

Sense of urgency, drive for results, and a focus on accuracy, integrity, and ethical behavior.

Strong Communication Skills.

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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.