EMEA Commercial Finance Operations Continuous Improvement Leader

Continuous Improvement Leader

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What you’ll do:

The Continuous Improvement Leader is accountable for driving process simplification, standardisation, and automation across Commercial Finance Operations, ensuring that close, forecasting, revenue recognition, and project finance processes are sustainable, scalable, and cadence‑safe.

The role acts as the change engine within CFOps, removing structural inefficiencies and manual work, and supporting other Commercial Finance pillars where process improvements enable better execution - without absorbing operational ownership.

• 1. Leads Continuous Improvement Across CFOps Core Processes

  Drives Lean‑based improvement initiatives across close, forecasting, RevRec, and project finance processes

  Identifies root causes of inefficiency, rework, and cadence risk

  Ensures improvements are practical, adopted, and measurable

  Impact: CFOps execution becomes simpler, faster, and more reliable.

• 2. Protects Cadence Through Process Design

  Designs processes that withstand peak‑period pressure without heroics

  Eliminates manual workarounds that threaten close and forecast integrity

  Ensures improvements never compromise control, auditability, or timing

  Impact: Cadence is protected by design, not effort.

• 3. Partners Across Commercial Finance Pillars on Process Enablement

  Supports BP, Deal Desk, and COE pillars where process changes improve hand‑offs and execution quality

  Clarifies interfaces, inputs, and outputs to reduce friction between pillars

  Does not take ownership of pillar‑specific execution or decision support

  Impact: Cleaner hand‑offs and fewer downstream fixes.

• 4. Drives Automation and System Enablement

  Works with Finance Systems and IT to translate process improvements into system‑enabled solutions

  Reduces reliance on spreadsheets, manual reconciliations, and ad‑hoc fixes

  Ensures solutions scale across countries and ledgers

  Impact: Sustainable improvements embedded in systems, not people.

• 5. Builds Continuous Improvement Capability

  Establishes Lean ways of working, tools, and mindset within CFOps and broader commercial finance community

  Coaches teams on problem‑solving and process thinking

  Creates a repeatable improvement pipeline rather than one‑off projects

  Impact: Continuous improvement becomes a capability, not an initiative.

Decision Rights & Boundaries

Owns Continuous improvement roadmap for CFOps processes; Lean methodology and execution for process transformation

Does not own Operational execution of close, forecast, or RevRec; Strategic business partnering or analytics; Deal governance or pricing decisions

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, or a related field
• 7 - 10+ years of experience in finance operations, accounting, or FP&A environments, with hands‑on delivery of process improvement initiatives
• Proven background applying Lean / Continuous Improvement methods to financial processes (close, forecasting, accounting, or adjacent operational flows) in complex, multi‑country organisations
• Strong background in Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methodologies applied to finance processes
• Hands‑on experience improving financial close, forecasting, or accounting‑adjacent processes
• Understanding of finance systems and data flows (e.g. SAP‑based environments) sufficient to enable automation
• Ability to translate process improvements into system and control‑compliant solutions
• Strong execution focus and pragmatism - delivers change, not frameworks
• Ability to influence without formal authority in matrix environments
• Structured, data‑driven problem‑solving mindset
• Persistence and resilience when addressing long‑standing inefficiencies

Our Offer:

Become part of a global company whose mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of sustainable energy management technologies and services.

Challenging tasks in a dynamic environment where you quickly take on responsibility and actively shape things Work-life balance through flexible working hours and a family-conscious personnel policy Structured and careful onboarding within a well-coordinated team where personal commitment and mutual helpfulness come first We act ethically. We are passionate, responsible, efficient, and transparent. We keep learning.

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Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package based on applicable skills, knowledge, and experience, and aligned with internal and external market practices.

Italy - Gross annual salary range EUR 74200 - EUR 108790

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