What you'll do:

If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team - winning is fun. We are looking forward tohireFinance Manager for Quality CoE in Pune, India. In Eaton, making our work exciting, engaging, meaningful; ensuring safety, health, wellness; and being a model of inclusion & diversity are already embedded in who we are - it's in our values, part of our vision, and our clearly defined aspirational goals. This exciting role offers opportunity to:

• The individual in the role will be part of Control and compliance team and responsible for review of Balance sheet reconciliations, Reconciliation quality reviews, Improving the quality of accounting deliverables and financial accounting activities.
• The role requires the individual to monitor and analyze accounting data and ensure compliance to the Eaton Financial Policies, legal requirements, US GAAP.
• This position also has important responsibility for building organizational capability within the function by developing finance talent through training, mentoring, and coaching.
• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and processes (RTR, OTC & PTP) with due focus in managing end to end accounting in the RTR function.
• Ensure compliance with Eaton's Financial Policies, US GAAP and Local GAAP and the various controls defined by Eaton's Internal Control Program Office including SOX.
• Closely work with auditors and will be responsible for closure of all internal audit / SOX gaps identified.
• Work closely with Plant Finance/ Division Controller, Global Process Leaders on inquiries, special reporting requests and the like.
• Drive and leverage various systems and tools to automate processes and drive process improvements.
• Encourage use of quality tools
• Ensuring compliance of the entity with Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Co-ordinate with the Statutory/Internal auditors to facilitate the audit process.

• Accounting Degree (CA) / CWA/ MBA
• Must have an end-to-end process knowledge for GL/FA and good understanding of OTC and PTP encompassing overall accounting as the area
• Good experience of Oracle ERP/ SAP ERP
• 7-9 years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP
• Exposure to SOX and similar regulations
• Knowledge of direct and indirect tax preferable
• Excellent analytical, written and oral English communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across boundaries/business lines.
• Should have an exposure to manage a team for atleast 4-5 team members
• Be a guide and coach to the team
• Excellent MS Office knowledge (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.), Excel Macro
• This individual is responsible to create and implement procedures to improve the internal control environment and streamline efforts.
• Will be responsible for managing a highly skilled and talented team through the development of functional and technical knowledge
• Regular review of existing controls and Governance of the standard processes and ensuring alignment to global defined SSC processes

• Continuous Improvement- Demonstrate a practical approach to continuous improvement of the processes which directly manage the delivery of our services. Improve formalized standards and procedures in using new technologies and facilitates others in learning new technologies. Proactively seeks and acts in ways to positively promote and foster initiative in own team and other departments of the organization. Support Controller with special projects and workflow process improvements.
• Record any measurable statistics which your position impacts such as production expenses, maintenance expenses, sales volumes, payroll costs, capital expenditures, research budgets, cost of purchases, value of inventories controlled, employees supervised (direct and indirect).
• Adherence to Timelines as per the statutory calendar with proactive planning and execution for the ledgers
• Zero gaps in Audits - SOX/Internal/External/II BSR
• Standardized processes that are compliant to global standards
• No aged items in reconciliations, holds, cash on account etc. some of the drivers that measure the contribution success of the incumbent
• Continuous improvements and streamlining of accounting and reporting processes with an aim to reduce time and effort.
• Analytical bend of mind
• Shift working 14.30 to 23.30 however needs to stretch beyond the shift and be flexible based on the requirements.
• Effective Communicator, Collaborative orientation, Strategic Agility, Drive for results, Problem Solving
• Possess ability to influence and drive people.
• Possess strong report and technical writing skills. She / he should be a good communicator and should be able to drive results working in multi-disciplinary teams.