Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis Strategy and Continuous Improvement

Eaton's Electrical Sector Americas (ES-A) is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Strategy and Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager to join our Finance organization that will help guide a business with 2025 annual revenue of $13B across 3 groups and 13 operating divisions in multiple countries and currencies. This is a hybrid position based out of Moon Township PA.

• leading FP&A strategy, driving the planning, forecasting, and analytics
• lead continuous improvement, further enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and optimization of the newly implemented finance organization, processes, and technologies across ES-A.

The FP&A Strategy and CI Manager provides strategic and financial leadership, turning data and analytics into insight and action, and champions a culture of change and continuous improvement by applying best practices, benchmarking, and structured problem-solving (e.g., Lean / Six Sigma) to elevate the FP&A function and the broader Business Finance organization. The individual partners across the finance pillars (Operations Finance, Engineering Finance, Commercial Finance, Supply Chain Finance) and enabling teams (Digital Finance & Innovation) to enable standard work, realize the value targeted by the transformation, and sustain adoption of new tools and technologies.

• Oversee and execute the strategic planning and forecasting process, directing business units toward defined financial targets and ensuring consistency and alignment across the organization.
• Provide reporting, analysis, and recommendations to senior leaders and stakeholders based on data-driven insights, scenario modeling, and business knowledge.
• Create and deliver compelling presentations and narratives that communicate complex financial information clearly and influence decision-making.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and areas for improvement.
• Partner with sales, marketing, engineering, operations, supply chain, and other functions to align financial goals and support strategic growth initiatives.

• Lead continuous improvement efforts across the newly implemented ES-A Finance operating model, further enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and optimization of FP&A and Business Finance processes following the Finance Transformation.
• Identify, prioritize, and manage a pipeline of process-improvement initiatives; apply Lean / Six Sigma, Kaizen, and structured problem-solving to standardize, streamline, and automate planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis.
• Drive standard work, playbooks, and benchmarks across the function to drive consistency and scalability in the future-state.
• Support sustained adoption and optimization of finance systems and technologies (e.g., Oracle, Kinaxis, FDH) in partnership with Digital Finance & Innovation (DF&I); convert manual activity into automated, value-added work.
• Define measurement plans and track and report the benefits and value realized from improvement initiatives; remove barriers and communicate progress to finance leadership.
• Serve as a change agent coaching and mentoring finance teams through the transition / interim state to reinforce the new operating model and a continuous-improvement culture.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Minimum ten (10) years of finance experience
• Minimum two (2) years of FP&A experience partnering with business leaders on strategic planning
• Prior experience driving continuous improvement and process-optimization initiatives
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of facility will be considered. Active‑Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation

• MBA in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field preferred
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt) preferred
• Prior experience supporting…