Senior Analyst - Finance Business Partner

Job description

What you’ll do

Eaton's Electrical Sector Americas (ES-A) Engineering Finance organization is seeking a Financial Analyst to support financial planning, reporting, project accounting, and portfolio analysis for an assigned ES-A group, either ARS, ESS, or PCS, and its divisional partners. Wokring with Finance Manager, ES-A Engineering, this role will improve forecast accuracy, cost visibility, financial controls, and decision support across the assigned group’s engineering investments.

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• Support the assigned ES-A group Engineering strategic plan, profit plan, and monthly forecast by consolidating inputs, validating assumptions, and preparing financial schedules.
• Load and maintain monthly forecasts; analyze variances to plan and prior forecast; identify risks and opportunities.
• Perform labor-rate, utilization, hours, and mix analysis to improve engineering cost accuracy and efficiency.
• Monitor project spend, funding, reimbursements, capital expenditures, and results against approved plans and business cases.
• Maintain dashboards and key performance indicators for engineering productivity, forecast accuracy, rate performance, and project returns.
• Prepare portfolio analysis that supports prioritization of engineering resources, projects, and investments.
• Apply consistent project financial controls, reporting definitions, and standard work to improve data quality and transparency.
• Support financial analysis for new product introduction decisions, capital allocation, and cross-functional portfolio trade-offs.
• Translate project-accounting detail into concise business insights for finance and engineering stakeholders.
• Partner with Engineering, Product-Line Finance, Project Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Engineering Operations, and Information Technology to automate reporting and reduce manual activity."

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field from an accredited institution (CA/CWA). Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) preferred, but not required. Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, project accounting, or a related finance area.

Skills

Advanced Excel and financial modeling; budgeting and forecasting; financial analysis and reporting; project accounting and financial controls; capital and return-on-investment analysis; data visualization and finance systems; business-case development. Analytical judgment; attention to detail; clear written and verbal communication; cross-functional collaboration; ability to manage multiple priorities; curiosity and continuous-improvement mindset; accountability for accurate and timely deliverables; ability to explain finance topics to non-financial stakeholders.