Plant Finance Manager Job Richmond area,Virginia USA,Finance & Banking

Eaton’s Electrical division is currently seeking a Plant Finance Manager. Relocation assistance available within the US.

This position provides financial leadership to the manufacturing location, serving as a business partner and as a change agent to drive plant continuous improvement actions and to achieve overall plant targets. This role connects finance processes with operations, providing guidance, drive actions, and financial insights to ensure operational strategies and decisions will lead to the expected results.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113,000 - $165,000 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:

Lead and support the finance and plant leadership teams through Finance Transformation, championing the finance culture change at the plant level and beyond
Financial Analysis:
Analyze financial data and performance metrics related to the operations to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement. Drives accountability for results and defining key performance metrics together with business leaders
Decision Support:
Provide financial insights and analysis to support operational decision-making, such as evaluating capital deployment opportunities or new projects.
Driving initiatives (including CAPEX and WORKING CAPITAL) and influence changes: ensure productivity improvements and growth in areas such as operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality and supply chain management
Collaborative Planning:
Work closely with the operations team to develop action plans, strategies, and initiatives based on financial insights. Drive and monitor the implementation of the plans
Financial Modeling:
Create financial models to assess the impact of various scenarios on operational performance.
Risk Management:

Identify financial risks within the operations and propose mitigation strategies.
Performance Tracking:
Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to evaluate performance against targets.
Cost Management:
Monitor and manage operational costs to achieve efficiency and cost-reduction while maintaining quality.
Inventory Management:
Implement Inventory control actions and initiatives to maximize operational profitability while maximizing cash
Talent Management:
Builds organizational capability through successful hiring, talent development, and succession planning in the business
Forecasting: lead the main financial processes for the site, these forecasts and profit plan

This role could be the next step in your career if you demonstrate the following experience:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field
Minimum of five (5) years varied accounting / finance experience

You will set yourself apart by demonstrating some or all the following:

Master’s degree in accounting, finance or related field
Two (2)+ years of data analytics experience
Prior manager of people experience
Strong financial acumen and business partnering skills. Knowledge of manufacturing environment and operating costs, in a standard costing environment.

Position Success Criteria:

Ability to understand and communicate financial concepts to non-financial professionals
Extreme ownership and ability to handle ambiguity and create standard processes
Detail-oriented with effective organization and time management skills
Highly motivated, highly analytical and self-starter

We will not consider candidates who:

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…