Financial Analyst

We are looking for a talented Financial Analyst to join our team specializing in Finance for our Cummins Inc. facility in York, SC.

Job Summary:

Responsible for the preparation of analyses and reports for department managers. Supports the annual budget process, expense and/or staffing forecasts or statistical reporting.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

•  Deliver accurate, insightful analyses that help department managers make informed decisions and identify opportunities for operational improvement. 
•  Strengthen financial planning by developing thoughtful, data driven annual budgets, expense forecasts, staffing projections, and statistical models for assigned business units. 
•  Enhance financial accuracy and timeliness by supporting the month end close process, ensuring accounts are properly reviewed, reconciled, and reported. 
•  Improve visibility into performance by preparing and consolidating financial data into clear, comprehensive reports that leaders can easily act on. 
•  Drive accountability and efficiency through variance analysis and cost saving insights that highlight trends, risks, and optimization opportunities. 
•  Provide reliable statistical reporting that supports organizational planning, benchmarking, and strategic decision-making across functions. 
•  Advance department initiatives by executing special projects that address emerging needs, process improvements, or strategic objectives. 
•  Serve as a trusted financial partner to your assigned units, fostering collaboration and guiding teams through financial processes with clarity and expertise.

Core Responsibilities 

• Own all financial processes related to burden expenses for two plant locations, including tracking recurring expenses, ensuring timely expense recognition and accruals, and supporting functional teams through the full procure-to-pay lifecycle (requisition, PO creation, receiving, and invoice resolution).
• Prepare and deliver comprehensive burden expense reporting, including total burden vs. forecast, burden by supplier, scrap expense tracking, tool crib expense reporting, trend analysis, variance explanations, and month-end journal entries.
• Lead quarterly forecasting and support the detailed Annual Operating Plan (AOP) build for burden-related cost centers, partnering with operational and functional teams to ensure accuracy and alignment with site objectives. Have foresight towards burden risks and opportunities to the financial forecast/AOP and deliver insightful mid-month results.

Required Skills / Education / Experience

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data manipulation, pivot tables, and strong analytical capability (advanced formulas preferred).
• Strong financial analysis and data interpretation skills, with the ability to work with large datasets and draw meaningful insights.
• Ability to present complex financial information in a clear, concise manner that supports decision-making for cross-functional partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience at Cummins or within an OEM/automotive manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Oracle, OneStream, or similar enterprise financial systems.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:
•  A bias for action that enables me to take on new opportunities, handle challenges with urgency, and maintain high energy during fast-paced or complex work cycles (such as month-end close, forecasting, and special projects).
•  Strong collaboration skills to build productive partnerships with department managers, stakeholders, and cross functional teams, ensuring alignment on budgets, reporting, and financial decisions.
•  Clear and adaptive communication abilities that allow me to tailor financial information to audiences with varying levels of financial knowledge, ensuring clarity, understanding, and informed decision making.
•  Self-awareness and continuous reflection, helping me leverage strengths, address development areas, and integrate feedback into my daily work to drive ongoing growth and effectiveness.
•  A nimble learning mindset so I can learn quickly from experimentation, adapt to new systems or processes, and turn both successes and failures into insights that improve my financial analysis and reporting.
•  A focus on optimizing processes, using efficient, repeatable methods to streamline budgeting, reporting, and forecasting while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
•  Commitment to self-development, actively seeking out formal and informal learning opportunities to strengthen technical skills, financial acumen, and leadership capabilities.
•  An appreciation for diverse perspectives, recognizing how varied backgrounds, cultures, and viewpoints strengthen analysis, decision-making, and collaboration within the organization.
•  Strong business partnering skills, leveraging deep understanding of the business environment to guide stakeholders, influence decision-making, and help drive performance aligned with organizational goals.
•  Expertise in financial analysis, enabling me to interpret data, evaluate trends, identify risks and opportunities, provide actionable insight, and ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial information.
•  Proficiency in financial reporting, using clear, compliant, and insightful summaries of financial results to support business decisions and help leaders understand performance drivers.
•  Working knowledge of US GAAP, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately, accounting requirements are correctly interpreted, and implications are clearly communicated to stakeholders.

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 
•  College, university, or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required. 

Experience: 
•  Minimal relevant professional work experience in the field of study required.