Golf Pride Division Controller

Eaton’s IS GOLF Pride US division is currently seeking a Golf Pride Division Controller. Golf Pride is a global leading brand in golf equipment and is looking to fill its most senior financial leadership role. The Director of Finance (external title) leads as the CFO of Golf Pride and is officially a Division Controller inside Eaton. This role reports directly to the Golf Pride President and functionally (dotted line) to the Eaton Industrial Sector SVP of Finance.

The role is based at Golf Pride’s Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Pinehurst, NC, next to Pinehurst Resort’s #8 golf course. Relocation benefits are available from within the United States.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $ - $ a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program. 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.

This role is the senior most financial leadership role at Golf Pride and operates in many ways as the CFO of Golf Pride inside Eaton. It is a core member of the Golf Pride Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and involved in all aspects of decision making on the business with the President and the other functional leaders. In this role, you will be required to think creatively about where and how to invest in Golf Pride’s growth and development while at the same time delivering accretive financial returns to Eaton.

In this role, you will work closely with the President and the other functional leaders of the business. You will be primarily responsible for the internal financial planning process. You will be the primary point person setting financial performance expectations with Eaton (our only financial stakeholder). At the same time, you work with the other functional leaders of the business to make sure we deliver those expectations while also funding our innovation and growth activities.

You lead the annual profit planning process and the monthly forecasting and close cycles (connected to SIOP). The key to the role is being able to deliver an attractive return to Eaton while helping Golf Pride also make the investments it needs for long term success.

In this role, you also report functionally (dotted line) to the SVP of Finance for the Industrial Sector. You are responsible for fulfilling all of Eaton’s functional requirements for planning, reporting, analysis, and compliance. You must ensure that all aspects of Golf Pride’s finance and accounting activities are to Eaton’s standards and manage strong controls and regulatory compliance globally. You are accountable for quality planning, reporting, and compliance at all Golf Pride sites (US GIC, UK, Taiwan, and Thailand).

You work directly with the Industrial Sector Finance team as needed to make sure that Golf Pride’s results roll up accurately within the Eaton financial systems.

You will manage a global team of 8 people across three sites (US, Taiwan, and Thailand).

GIC Global Finance Team – 3 people (Pinehurst, NC)

• Directly managed by the Director of Finance
• Responsible for division level planning, reporting, analysis, and decision making.

Plant Finance Teams – 5 people

• Directly managed by Plant Mangers (Taiwan and Thailand)
• Functionally responsible to coach and develop these teams and tie into division level planning.

• Partner with the President on all key financial decisions at Golf Pride
• Lead from a thoughtful financial perspective as a core member of Golf Pride’s SLT
• Build and finance and account team that can effectively support the growth and development of Golf Pride while at the same time consistently delivering on our financial commitments to Eaton
• Develop and drive internal planning processes (especially Profit Planning and the monthly forecasting process) that allow us to make reasonable commitments and deliver them.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to develop a broad understanding of the business and what is happening operationally behind the numbers that we report.
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