Eaton's VEH NAT North America Truck division is currently seeking a Controller.
**What you'll do**:
A key member of the plant leadership team and region/division finance team, reporting directly to the Plant Controller. This position has direct leadership responsibility for ensuring financial accounting activities at the location are in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, local statutory requirements and Eaton Corporate policies and practice. This role is instrumental in leading the development of and analysis of forecasts and actual performance and operational metrics, as well as being responsible for the Plant budget process with a focus on cost savings projects and capital expenditures. This role is also instrumental in support of the Plant Controller to ensure an adequate internal controls environment throughout the plant. This includes the effective deployment of a comprehensive account reconciliation and balance sheet review process.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
This hands-on position is responsible for the day to day accounting, month end close, planning, forecasting, and financial reporting activities maintaining forecast guidelines current and communicating proactively to Controller of any risk or opportunity in a timely manner.
Manage, analyze, evaluate and interpret plant financial forecasts and operating results. Inform management of results and recommend corrective actions to address unfavorable trends and variances.
Provides leadership to ensure adequate cost accounting processes are in place, including standard cost updates, physical inventory verification, periodic cycle counts, etc. Develop and implement budgeting and financial reporting systems to provide timely and relevant information to plant, region/division, and corporate management. Control and maintain adequate product costing systems for valuation and cost estimating activities.
Review, analyze, and evaluate departments' budget system. Develop and implement reports for management use in evaluating results against performance targets.
Manage the deployment of cost saving and other programs to provide operating economies and improve profitability. Monitor and provide opportunities to support continuous improvement of Plant Productivity / Gross Utilization
Assist in development of finance department goals and objectives. Implement procedures necessary to direct department activities toward achievement of goals and objectives.
Recruit, train, and develop finance personnel to provide for individual career development and growth opportunities for subordinates to encourage individual progress and ensure efficient workforce. Advice, counsel, mentor, evaluate, and motivate finance personnel as necessary. Assist in the training of new finance employees. Ensure an adequate on-boarding plan is in place prior to start date, with on-going status checks to ensure completion in line with scheduled milestones.
Lead department activities related to process improvements and standard work. Assists in maintaining an atmosphere of continuous improvement and team efforts for accomplishing department and plant goals. Deploy & sustain lean tools and initiatives in order to reduce waste and improve efficiency of the finance function.
Promotes the company's mission by actively supporting Eaton's ethics and values as well as quality policies.
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**Qualifications**:
In contributing to the analytical activity of the plant, this position impacts all revenues, costs, assets and liabilities at the plant level.
Annual Sales
Annual Profits
Annual Capital Expenditures
Forecast Accuracy
Incremental / Decremental
Cost Outs
Mfg Profit %
Performance to Budget
Working Capital Metrics (DSO, DPO, DOH)
Building organizational capability
Employee Survey
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE.
A. Improvement and Tech Management, Financial vision and acumen, Global perspective
B. Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
C. Bilingual: Spanish and English, the later one at least at 75% in both writing and verbal.
D. Three to five years of experience. Experience in a manufacturing environment with cost accounting is a plus.
E. Technical capability to prepare, analyze and interpret financial and operational data/reports.
F. Superior analytical and thinking skills; Intellectual rigor and curiosity; problem-solving capability
G. Strong Interpersonal Skills in order to communicate with customer as well as Eaton Management.
H. Knowledge of Microsoft Office, specially spreadsheet software packages Excel
I. Sound working knowledge of GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley and local statutory requirements.
J. Understanding of global business issues, including foreign currency impacts, effective hedging protocols and local customs and duty requirements.
K. Oracle manufacturing knowledge a plus.
**Skills**:
A. Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities often with demanding time constraints.
B. Strong interpersonal skills necessary to motivate a
