Internal Control and Compliance Manager

Are you a finance, controls, or compliance leader who enjoys building practical governance solutions, influencing senior stakeholders, and helping a business grow with confidence? Eaton is looking for a Manager, Controls, Compliance & Advisory – APAC to support the integration and transformation of the Boyd Thermal business across the region. In this role, you will be a trusted advisor to business and finance leaders, helping strengthen internal controls, improve SOX readiness, and embed sustainable compliance practices across a complex, multinational environment.

## What you’ll do:

Lead compliance integration and control transformation across APAC

• Lead the integration and development of Eaton’s controls, compliance, and SOX framework for Boyd APAC operations, covering 15+ legal entities and 22+ ledgers.
• Assess current business processes, control environments, operating models, and governance practices to identify risks, gaps, and SOX readiness priorities.
• Develop practical control solutions and remediation plans that support regulatory requirements, Eaton policies, and business growth objectives.

Serve as a trusted advisor to business, finance, and compliance stakeholders

• Advise senior leaders, finance teams, site teams, shared services, and global stakeholders on governance, risk management, control strategy, and compliance priorities.
• Partner with Integration & Acquisition, IT, Internal Audit, Operations, and business leadership teams to align priorities and drive execution of integration and transformation initiatives.
• Strengthen audit readiness and support consistent control execution across site-owned and shared-service-supported processes.

Drive sustainable improvement and organizational capability building

• Support post-acquisition growth by embedding compliance requirements into daily business processes and improving governance through standardization, centralization, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Influence finance, operations, shared services, and business leaders to align on compliance priorities, risk mitigation plans, and change initiatives.
• Perform root-cause analysis on complex control and compliance issues, drive sustainable corrective actions, and help build future-ready compliance capabilities.

## Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Accounting, Finance, Audit, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting, internal controls, controllership, compliance, audit, or related finance functions within complex multinational organizations.
• Hands-on experience leading compliance, governance, internal controls, finance transformation, post-acquisition integration, or other strategic business initiatives.
• Strong English communication skills, with the ability to present, influence, and collaborate with stakeholders in a global environment.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• CPA, CA, CIA, or equivalent professional certification.
• Big 4 experience, manufacturing industry experience, or prior exposure to shared services environments.
• Strong knowledge of SOX compliance, internal controls, financial governance, risk assessment, remediation methodologies, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Broad understanding of end-to-end business and finance processes such as P2P, O2C, Inventory, R2R, and shared services operating models.
• Experience evaluating business processes, organizational structures, operating models, and emerging risks to design effective governance and control solutions.
• Mandarin proficiency would be a strong plus.

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

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