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What you'll do:

The EMEA Statutory and Tax Centre of Expertise (COE) covers all statutory and audit activities, tax relating to statutory activities, technical accounting and other statutory reporting. It was set up in June 2023. The COE is part of the overall EMEA finance transformation project and is a key enabler for delivering statutory and audit activity across the region. The COE covers all EMEA businesses (currently 5 zones, 50 countries). The EMEA Statutory Portfolio Manager is the ultimate owner & responsible for delivering the statutory financial statements and audit on a portfolio of entities across several jurisdictions. The role interacts with many stakeholders within EMEA region including Eaton centralized audit owners, corporate technical accounting, tax, business leaders, zone controllers and EY and other third party auditors. Check out the vibes of our Budapest office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsFtTQ0RbGY

• Ultimate owner & responsible for delivering the US statutory financial statements and audit on a portfolio of entities across several jurisdictions.
• Directly manage the second location support team that will prepare the standard workbooks & financial statements & will manage and deliver data requests
• At transition stage responsible for reviewing current workbooks & standardizing adjustments to best practice that will be set out
• Work with Eaton centralized audit teams and manage queries, to deliver the financial statements & audit to compliance deadlines

• Support the implementation of standard workbooks & financial statements
• Responsible for documentation of all processes, preparation of SOPs and standard policies
• Identify opportunities for continuous process improvement and centralization in respect of the statutory process
• Support projects that are focused on centralizing audit activity, entity and ledger rationalization
• Build and maintain excellent relationship on the audit with EY and other third party auditors
• Identify and implement technological and digital solutions where possible

• University degree in Finance & Accounting
• Professional accounting certification (ACCA, CPA, etc.) is advantage
• Extensive working experience in Statutory and financial Audit processes
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Knowledgeable managing a portfolio of legal entities in multinational company
• Experience working with 3rd party auditors across regions and countries
• Excellent English language skill (other European languages are helpful) with strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong system knowledge (Oracle/SAP)
• Change management and process improvement mindset
• Proactive and enthusiastic personality with strong influencing skill

• Competitive compensation and benefits package (annual bonus, cafeteria, medical insurance and lots of partner discounts!)
• Permanent contract in a fast-growing global company
• Supporting employees achieving professional accounting certification (ACCA)
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• Flexible working solutions (working hours & home office eligibility)
• We make your aspirations matter - Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible and we make your growth matter
• We invest in our employees for the long term - not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people's lives and the environment through power management technologies.