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Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a Sr Plant Financial Analyst.

What you’ll do:

BASIC FUNCTION:

The Financial Analyst is an operations finance member responsible of analyze sales and margins and any other related account to provide critical financial insights and analysis to support strategic decision-making to our operations and divisional finance VG & eMobility teams. In charge of Cost out and Capital review. Responsible for the day-to-day operations finance activities reporting any R&O.

Part of the main responsibilities are to support Month End Closing activities and perform Profit Plan and Forecast.

Monitors eMobility financial statements and responsible to deliver the reports and analysis needed.

Will support Finance Leader and Finance Manager in all the activities required.

ESSENTIALS FUNCTIONS:

a) Reports in a daily basis the sales by BU and prepares the weekly flash report, with key metrics such as sales, pricing, standard profit mix, by business unit. Included also in this function is to jointly ensure with the cost accountant the accuracy of the inventory parts in the system and variances of sales, cost of sales, margins, and other accounts.

b) Analyzes and makes calculations for tracking profitability in a daily, weekly, monthly, and annually basis. Selling price, inflation, break-even, and overhead changes versus Forecast & Profit Plan data bases and reports to determine present and future financial performance.

c) Ensures proper working condition of all finance forecast and profit plan worksheets, to meet Forecast accuracy 95%.

d) Effectively manage due dates and organizes resources to comply with due dates / timely reporting for closing, forecast, WOR, profit plant.

e) Establishes databases of pertinent information for use in analyzing future and forecasts and maintains documented records supporting financial forecasts.

f) Supports Plant Finance Leader with the margin analysis and forecasting (Daily Flash, WOR, Month end, Forecast and Profit Plan reports), works with Materials, SIOP and Commercial Team, in order to evaluate the risks and opportunities.

g) Communicates to Plant Financial Manager and Plant Financial Leader in a timely basis and proactively advises of any risks or opportunities, to generate the action plan in order to improve the profitability of the business.

h) Responsible for either leading or participating in Continuous Improvement activities in areas of responsibilities through the deployment and utilization of Eaton Business System policies and processes, such as ELSS. CIF, PRO-Launch, EQS and others as applicable.

i) Performs other related duties as assigned by management such as process improvement initiatives: Gemba’s, Daily accountability (open actions & STD Work 100%), BPI, Process Check, Visual Controls, Process Updates 100%.

j) Validates Cost Out projects and assists operations teams in their calculation, as well as monitor and adhere to SCM and Finance policies. Participate in the creation of VSM(s); Use VSMs to identify CI project opportunities and use prioritization techniques to select projects and create alignment.

• It should follow the guidelines established by the continuous improvement strategy, using the ELSS tools, in the case of 5's, SW, PSK. TVSM should achieve the "intermediate" level, for the VSM tool should achieve a level of "foundation", it is your responsibility to be contacting the continuous improvement team to achieve these goals.

k) Reviews and approves Capital requisitions and update the tracking of Capital spend vs Forecast

Qualifications:

COMPETENCES

• Capabilities in managing systems, data mining: Experience with ERP systems, Oracle, Encore, DFT and Power BI skills (intermediate or higher), as well as other MS Office apps.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration or a related field.

• Knowledge of accounting, forecasting, cost control and purchasing procedures.

• Technical skills in account reconciliation, cost analysis and month-end close.

• Ability to work proactively and anticipate the need and priorities of the organization.

• Critical and strategic thinker with the ability to solve complex problems and present innovative solutions.

• Team player with flexibility and attention to detail.

• Excellent data analysis, reporting, and project management skills.

• Knowledgeable of business, products, and markets.

• Must be bilingual Spanish / English.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Competencies according with CI Matrix, see below:

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