Lead Analyst - APAC Regional Team; Controls, Compliance, & Advisory

What you'll do:

• Being part of the Control, Compliance and Advisory team, ensure an effective control environment and compliance with financial policies, focusing on the quality of financial deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with Eaton's Financial Policies, US GAAP, Local GAAP, and various controls defined by Eaton's Internal Control Program Office, including SOX. This includes ensuring and promoting the standard usage of accounts and facilitating other auditor processes.
• Facilitate the integration of new controls and processes into GFA Pune, ensuring a smooth transition and minimizing disruptions during the Finance Transformation and controls transferred from site to Controllership or GFA. Key stakeholders as the EMEA / US Controllership, etc.
• Be the first contact window of advisory / consulting to GFA Pune to provide day-to-day compliance support, summarize common noted issues as well as promote bast practice noted across different GFA. Key stakeholders as the Pune process tower leaders, etc.
• Plan, manage, monitor, and improve the internal control framework by collaborating with GFA teams, site controllers, Internal Audit, E&Y, and other related parties.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of financial reporting and processes for RTR, OTC, and PTP activities, focusing on improving the quality of accounting deliverables and adherence to compliance and controls.
• Implement and drive a Zero-defect mindset by proactively identifying and remediating risks in the process.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance standards, addressing key elements of quality, efficiency, and cost.
• Lead or participate in control and compliance activities in performing transaction reviews in areas such as AP, AR, and GL/FA, prepare findings also provide with practical recommendations for remediation.
• Participate in special projects on an on-the-need basis under the supervision of the project leader.

• CA, CPA, ACCA, CIA, CMA, CISA degree in accounting or finance
• Minimum 8-12 years of full-time working experience in finance related areas, including at least 4 years full-time working experience in internal control or audit
• Big 4 experience preferred Accounting / GFA experience within MNC preferred"
• Financial auditing background & understanding of internal control theory (i.e., risks, controls), financial accounting requirements (i.e. US GAAP), ability of creating and implementing procedures to evaluate / improve internal controls and compliance, preferably in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong understanding of all financial business processes (RTR, OTC, PTP, INV, etc.)
• Fluent in both English, both spoken and written. Fluent in Hindi also preferred.
• Advanced Certification required (CA, CPA, ACCA, CIA, CMA, CISA)
• Excel skills are a necessity. Working knowledge of ERP systems preferred as well, such as SAP, Oracle ERP, Oracle Financials.
• Knowledge of other computer applications preferred, such as Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (MS Power BI), Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise (OBIEE), ACL.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to promote ideas and to work effectively with all levels and all functions in APAC
• Demonstrated problem solving skills including the ability to identify strategic approaches to ensure proactive solutions
• Flexibility to anticipate and react to changes
• Multi-task handling skills and self-motivated, can work independently with colleagues located in other parts of the world
• Ability and desire to work in a dynamic, fast-pace, multicultural, multilingual and international environment
• Willing to travel, up to 20%