Finance Associate - OCU - Non-Technical - 1st Shift

We are seeking a Finance Associate to support our On-site with Flexibility team at Cummins Inc. in Columbus, IN.

As a Finance Associate, you will coordinate all aspects of an accounting or finance operation or subsystem, supporting other financial processes as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial processes, resolving problems that arise.
• Develop and analyze data to support management reports, forecasts, and plans, explaining expense variances and heightening spending awareness.
• Educate customers on accounting processes and coordinate customer inquiries.
• Load actual and forecast data into systems, prepare journal entries, invoices, and other accounting documentation, and perform account reconciliations.
• Support daily financial processes, such as purchase requisitions, invoice reconciliation, supplier payments, and requests for checks.
• Initiate, develop, lead, and participate in improvement processes and audits.
• Develop and conduct training programs.
• Maintain a strong network across departments and demonstrate confidentiality in executing responsibilities.

Competencies:

• Action oriented
• Communicates effectively
• Customer focus
• Decision quality
• Instills trust
• Nimble learning
• Values differences
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Reporting

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Excel.

Experience:

• Three-year experience/education requirement accomplished through one of the following: Bachelor's degree in a related field, Associate's degree in a related field and at least one year of relevant experience, or at least three years of relevant experience.

This role supports the CES Americas Marketing function through:

• Supporting month-end close through preparation of manual invoices, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Performing monthly reconciliations to ensure accurate sales invoicing and reporting.
• Partnering with IT to resolve invoicing errors.
• Providing support for various internal/external audits.
• Supporting on-going customer maintenance.