Plant Finance Manager

What you’ll do:

Job Summary: Develops and manages the financial controls that ensure financial integrity, protect company assets, and maximize profitability for the Juarez, Mexico plant of the CPA Division.

Job Responsibilities

• Business Planning and Performance Reporting – Sets challenging financial goals and develops systems and processes to support the creation of underlying plans and forecasts. Manages against the financial goals by providing comparison of performance to plans, markets and competitors and developing insight on significant shortcomings or accomplishments highlighted by the comparisons. Continuously looks for ways to reduce costs, increase revenues and leverage operating capital, and rigorously scrutinizes capital appropriations and resulting capital expenditure management.
• Finance and Accounting Knowledge – Proficient in operations accounting methods and applicable financial accounting requirements, under US and Mexican GAAP and all Eaton financial policies. Understands tax, risk and treasury strategies applicable to business.
• Financial Analysis – Rigorously scrutinizes business projects for financial impact using proven analytical tools. Understands important variables in the business; knows how major issues of price, cost savings, volume, mix, staffing affect business outcome. Provides comparison of actual performance of project to stated goals, developing insight on significant shortcomings or accomplishments highlighted by the comparisons. Communicates problems, solutions and recommendations clearly and succinctly. Routinely addresses complex issues and analyses with simplified explanations and presentation. Provides objective analysis and recommendations to management with confidence. Maintains focus on most relevant variables and issues.
• Financial Integrity and Control – Develops, implements and continuously improves business process internal controls. Provides environment for proactive communication among leadership to prevent financial mistakes and surprises from occurring. Ensures the organization’s financial integrity and internal controls are intact.
• Financial Process Improvement and Technology Management – Develops, implements and continuously improves business processes and systems. Applies concepts of lean environment to administrative functions as applicable. Understands the needs of the customers of the system and measures their satisfaction. Assures appropriate linkage of the system and people to the rest of the organization.
• Financial Vision and Acumen – Develops, implements and continuously improves business processes and systems. Applies concepts of lean environment to administrative functions as applicable. Understands the needs of the customers of the system and measures their satisfaction. Assures appropriate linkage of the system and people to the rest of the organization.
• Global Perspective – Possesses general management skills to aid in assessing legal contracts, foreign business practices and foreign business risks. Understands global cash management, currency management. Understands the cultural and business nuances on a global basis.
• Builds Organizational Capability – Pursues personal development. Provides feedback and coaching to peers. Managers actively upgrade the organization through the infusion of top talent into one’s department, function, or business through both selection of new talent and development of current talent. Raises the performance bar for self and others - creates, promotes and sustains a performance culture. Designs / restructures the organization to achieve business results. Demonstrates Developing & Motivating Others, Holding Self & Others Accountable, and Managerial Courage.

Additional Information

• Demonstrates Leadership Style – Behaves in accordance with expressed beliefs and values and personally models Eaton’s high level of ethical standards. Establishes open, candid and trusting relationships. Treats others fairly and consistently. Demonstrates Professional Presence and Interpersonal Communication Skills.
• Gets Results – Consistently meets and exceeds expectations and understands that how accomplishments are achieved is as important as what is actually achieved. Does not undermine others for personal gain. If managing others, runs a profitable business and has a strategy for driving change. Demonstrates Change & Adaptability, Drive for Results and Leveraging Resources.
• Thinks and Acts Strategically – Sees the big picture. Demonstrates analytical smarts and creative thinking when creating plans and solving problems. Establishes and implements effective strategies and measures effectiveness. Works towards Eaton’s long-term success as well as own business/function’s short-term success. Demonstrates Business Acumen, Vision and Purpose, and Intellectual Rigor.

Qualifications

• 5 years minimum in a similar position.
• Technical knowledge – Knowledge of GAAP, financial accounting, cost accounting, JIT, Mexican payroll regulations, Mexican and US state and local tax regulations; customs experience; fluency in Spanish is extremely helpful.
• Soft skills – Progressive levels of knowledge, problem solving and responsibility.

Organizational Chart

• Supervisor – Manager Plant
• Functional Manager (if applicable)
• Incumbent (if applicable) – Controller Plant
• Peers (if applicable)
• Direct Reports (if applicable)
• Indirect/Functional Reports (if applicable)

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.