Finance Manager

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. Every day, all around the world, people depend on technology, transportation, energy, and infrastructure to live and work. With rapid growth in electrification, an energy transition driven by climate change and explosive growth in connectivity, we’re well positioned to solve the world’s toughest electrical and mechanical power management challenges.

Due to growth, we are looking for a Finance Manager to manage the financial performance of the Electrical ANZ division. Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, the incumbent will manage a team of dedicated accountants and build organisational capability to ensure that commercial and business operation objectives are met. Ideal candidates will come from a multinational corporation with experience working across a global shared services environment.

Key Duties

• Manage month end closing for the entire company, analysis of forecasts and actual performance, and operational metrics.
• Maintain a robust internal control environment aligned to corporate policies, IFRS/GAAP, statutory, and audit requirements.
• Act as ANZ finance lead for internal and external audits, remediation actions, and risk management.
• Lead and drive continuous process improvements and create and implement procedures to improve the internal control environment, streamline efforts and provide increased transparency of financial results.
• Partner closely with cross functional managers to support profitable growth.
• Provide financial oversight for projects, long term contracts, margin management, and working capital.
• Work effectively within a global financial shared services operating model
• Drive finance transformation through automation, standardising processes and digitalising reporting.
• Leverage SAP, Oracle, EPBCS, BI tools, dashboards, and analytics to reduce manual effort and increase insight quality.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience working as a financial planning analyst, or financial accounting analyst within a multinational environment, preferably manufacturing (any industry).
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing a team of accountants, or financial planning analysis.
• Tertiary qualifications in Finance or Accounting; CPA OR CA qualifications highly ideal.
• US GAAP, SOX experience highly ideal
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.

What We Offer

• Free on-site parking
• Competitive salary with access to bonus scheme
• Inclusive working environment with flexibility
• Volunteer days
• Outstanding training and development programs for both professional and personal development

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes encourage diversity by utilising a balanced selection criteria regardless of the applicants age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other status protected or required by law. Eaton prides itself in truly representing the people within our communities.

If this sounds like you, please send through your application. We look forward to hearing from you!