At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead process improvements in finance operations and drive automation for efficiency.
- Company: Join a global leader committed to sustainability and diversity.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, competitive salary, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for personal growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by simplifying finance processes and enhancing collaboration.
- Qualifications: 7-10 years in finance operations with a focus on continuous improvement.
The predicted salary is between 73800 - 90200 £ per year.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
EMEA Commercial Finance Operations Continuous Improvement Leader in Princes Risborough employer: Eaton Corporation
Eaton Corporation is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment at our Wimborne facility where innovation meets collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth and development, we provide ample opportunities for advancement within the aerospace sector, alongside a supportive culture that values teamwork and excellence. Our commitment to quality and engineering excellence ensures that you will be part of a leading global team dedicated to shaping the future of aerospace technology.
