Lead Financial Analyst

About the position

Eaton's IS AER FED division is currently seeking a Lead Financial Analyst. This is an onsite role, located at our Beltsville MD facility. The expected annual salary range for this role is $105225.03 - $154330.04 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of key routine plant accounting duties that require a standard knowledge of cost and general accounting principles.
• Drive short term projects to increase accuracy and efficiency for the department.
• Provide business partnership with the Program Management and Engineering group to monitor monthly spending on several large multi-year projects and make recommendations for process improvements.
• Coordinate and implement improvements to monthly closing procedures ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Administer daily finance operations including cost accounting, payables, billing, capital, and general accounting.
• Assist in development and achievement of finance department goals and objectives.
• Partner with the Supply Chain and Manufacturing Engineering functions to facilitate achievement of cost out targets and management of capital spend planning.
• Report actual and forecast on all cost out and capital spends and ensure alignment between systems.
• Measure Cycle Count Accuracy and work closely with the Supply Chain function to drive compliance with Cycle Count metric goals.
• Lead Annual Physical Inventory activities to ensure accuracy of results by establishing and maintaining proper inventory controls.
• Ensure financial integrity and control while performing month end closing activities including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage Pune resource assisting with reconciliations and daily/monthly reporting.
• Maintain fixed asset register and track spending on Capital Appropriation Requests.
• Perform SOX related activities related to document requirements and assessment completion.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly reports, presentations and ad-hoc financial analysis to support the business with a focus on the customer.
• Assist standard cost roll and year-end LIFO reporting, and preparing year end reports required by WHQ.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business from an accredited university required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of accounting/finance experience required.
• Applicants must be a US Citizen for consideration (no dual citizenship).
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.

Nice-to-haves

• CMA/CPA is a plus.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with cost accounting is a plus.
• Sound working knowledge of GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley and local statutory requirements.
• Knowledge & understanding of Corp, region/division and plant reporting policies.
• Technical capability to prepare, analyze and interpret financial and operational data/reports.
• Superior analytical and thinking skills; Intellectual rigor and curiosity; problem-solving capability.
• Understand of global business issues, including foreign currency impacts, effective hedging protocols and local customs and duty requirements.

Benefits

• Health and Welfare benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.