Finance Associate - Level III

Job Summary:

Performs basic and complex financial analyses and reports for management. Supports the annual budget and forecasting processes. Performs activities under minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

Prepares basic and complex reporting for management, including reviews for areas of emphasis and follow-up. Develops and analyzes financial data to support departmental budgets and forecasts. Explains expense variances and heightens spending awareness within the organization. Loads actual and forecast data into the financial system. Supports other daily financial processes for more complex transactions required for purchase requisitions, invoice reconciliation, supplier payments, requests for checks and questions concerning monthly budget data. Participates or leads in special projects as assigned. Performs ad hoc reporting requests as needed.

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.
Responsibilities:

Competencies: 
Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. 

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. 
Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. 
Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. 
Instills trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. 
Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. 
Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. 
Financial Analysis - Interprets financial data by analyzing trends, variances, opportunities and risks to provide insight to stakeholders regarding financial impact to drive business improvement; evaluates financial results against targets to communicate conclusions to all stakeholders; ensures integrity of financial data by investigating variances and determining corrective actions to resolve identified issues. 
Financial Reporting - Analyzes financial data by evaluating results and solutions to support business decisions; prepares and presents financial information by summarizing data to communicate results in compliance with regulations and stakeholder expectations; partners with stakeholders to drive financial performance that aligns to organizational goals and strategies. 
Education, Licenses, Certifications: 
Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field, pursuing CA/CMA preferred.
Experience: 
3-5 years of relevant work experience required.

Qualifications:

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Participate in month-end and quarter-end close activities by validating COGS for 3 BCs, preparing cost trend reports, identifying cost variances, analyzing the reasons for such variations and taking corrective actions as and when needed. Cross functional collaboration to ensure completeness and accuracy of consumption cost.
• Analyze Costed BOM using Shop Order (SO) valuation report to provide accurate cost inputs to the Line of Business (LOB) team.
• Prepare SO-wise cost trend reports and conduct variance analysis to support the LOB team with insights and explanations for cost movements.
• Prepare and review royalty calculations in alignment with the Royalty Agreement and collaborate with CMI team to raise AGIS on monthly basis. Independently coordinate with Auditor to execute Royalty certification annual basis
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders across finance and other functions to understand their cost requirements and address queries effectively.
• Partner with the Automation team to streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and shift focus from data preparation to value-added analysis
• Manufacturing industry background preferred.