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

Job Summary:

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

Coordinates all aspects of an accounting or finance operation or subsystem; supports other financial processes as needed.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinates all aspects of an accounting or finance operation or subsystem; resolves problems that arise in daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual processes involving various customers.

Develops and analyzes data to support management reports, forecasts, and plans; explains expense variances and heightens spending awareness within the organization; reviews reports for areas of emphasis and follow-up.

Educates customers on accounting processes; coordinates customer inquiries and associated processes. Loads actual and forecast data into system; prepares journal entries, invoices, and other accounting documentation; performs account reconciliations as part of the closing process.

Supports other daily financial processes such as purchase requisitions, invoice reconciliation, supplier payments, and requests for checks, and questions concerning monthly budget data.

Initiates, develops, leads, and participates in improvement processes; actively participates in self- and team audits and resulting process improvements.

Develops and conducts training programs.

Understands the structure of the organization and maintains a strong network across departments; draws on network to answer questions, solve problems, and successfully execute responsibilities. Demonstrates confidentiality in execution of all responsibilities. Performs other duties as required, to get the job done.

Travel as required by work.

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:

High school diploma, GED or equivalent required.

Demonstrated proficiency in Excel.

Experience:

Three year experience/education requirement accomplished through one of the following: Bachelors degree, associates degree and at least one year of relevant experience, or at least three years of relevant experience required.

Experience:

College Degree or work experience in accounting preferred.

Primary responsibilities for this position:

• Supports the daily financial processes such as purchase requisitions, invoice reconciliation, supplier payments, requests for checks, and processing of payments via Ariba.
• Assist the tax department in the budgeting and forecasting of consulting
• Maintain user information for various websites for the department.
• Prepares assigned tax returns and reports.
• Sorts, delivers and handles incoming and outgoing mail and email.

Job Finance

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Office

ReqID 2429086

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site No

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Client-provided location(s): Columbus, IN

Job ID: Cummins-R-55AB657A32BC4AFDBEFB14CFF4AF4EF2

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-05-28T19:46:49