Vice President, Finance - GEIS North America

Eaton Corporation • Syracuse, NY

1d • $203,000 - $297,000

About The Position

Eaton’s Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) Segment is currently recruiting for a Vice President Finance, for North America business to join our team. This position is based in Syracuse, NY and relocation within hiring country is offered.
Reporting directly to the President, Americas, Global Energy Infrastructure (GEIS) business and functionally to the Segment CFO of Global (GEIS).
This role will be responsible for providing leadership to the North America finance organization (~$1.7B) in alignment to corporate financial policies, legal requirements and GAAP. Provide leadership, guidance and support in reviewing and analyzing monthly, quarterly, and annual results and forecasts, including reporting to the Segment, Sector and Corporate leadership teams. Responsible for driving process improvements within the finance organization, creating and implementing policies and procedures to improve the control environment and provide increased transparency of results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related degree required from an accredited institution
• Minimum ten (10) years of broad financial experience within manufacturing organizations.
• Minimum five (5) years experience managing people
• Demonstrated experience managing full financial P&L responsibilities for an organization generating revenue of at least $500M
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree in Finance or Accounting from an accredited institution
• CPA, CA, ACCA or CFA accreditation
• Previous experience in commercial and / or operational finance role within large matrixed environment
• Strong operational finance foundation
• Entrepreneurial leader with proven track record of leading and developing teams through various aspects of the business cycle (growth, downturn)
• Breadth of experience, including: driving both an organic and inorganic growth agenda, leading through a financial downturn and related restructuring, contributing toward successful complex commercial transactions
• Executive presence, strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to work comfortably with peers and in a matrix environment.
• Superior organizational agility skills; ability to influence and engage direct and indirect reports, peers, and customers internal/external to the organization.
• A global mindset with the ability to work effectively across multiple cultural and geographic boundaries
• Strong mentoring, coaching experience to a team with diverse levels of expertise
• Ability to operate as an effective tactical as well as strategic thinker
• Demonstrates ability to drive process improvements: detecting the need for change, proactively gathering requirements, designing and developing processes, implementing change, and stabilizing process changes to deliver on stakeholder critical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assures the existence and competency of financial systems and procedures to comply with GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley requirements, and corporate policies and procedures to guarantee the integrity of financial reporting.
• Provide leadership, guidance and support in reviewing and analyzing monthly results and forecasts, including reporting to the Segment, Sector and Corporate leadership teams.
• Performs special analyses to support strategic business decision making. This can include financial analysis in support of strategic initiatives, capital investments, changing business models, acquisition activity, make vs. buy analysis, pricing models, etc.
• Assisting senior management in financial planning and results management. Work with other team members to understand revenue and cost drivers and define appropriate reports for tracking.
• Leads the development of the North America Region’s strategic plan financials, annual profit plan, monthly closing and rolling forecasts and weekly pulse calls.
• Leads operating reviews with the Global Senior Leadership Team and Electrical Sector Leadership. Supports requirements of auditors as needed.
• Provides leadership to the North America region finance organization in recruiting and developing top talent. Coach, sponsor and mentor high potentials within the organization. Act as a change agent in support of an inclusive culture with a diverse workforce.
• Evaluates capital appropriation request and works with the business to ensure documents meet all Corporate requirements and clearly articulate capital requirements and associated benefits to the organization.
• Partner with the Corporate Controllership organization and the Shared Service team to ensure that the accounting transactions are timely booked and accurate.
• Oversee, direct, and organize the work of the North America finance function. Ensure staff members receive timely and appropriate training and development, set objectives, establish priorities and conduct annual performance appraisals.
• Drives finance transformation initiatives in coordination with corporate actions, spearheading the business and functional team to navigate through large scale system and process changes.

Benefits

• At Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees.
• This role is also eligible for a variable incentive program.
• Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
• You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive