We are looking for a talented Controller - Operations Finance Manager to join our Finance team of Cummins Drivetrain and Braking Systems (CDBS) in Troy, MI.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- Drive Business Insight: Apply deep understanding of the business and marketplace to guide decisions that advance organizational goals and strengthen long term performance.
- Communicate with Clarity: Deliver clear, tailored communication across diverse audiences to ensure alignment, understanding, and effective execution.
- Develop Talent: Coach and grow team members by aligning their strengths and aspirations with organizational needs, building a stronger and more capable workforce.
- Direct Work Strategically: Provide clear direction, delegate effectively, and remove barriers so teams can deliver high quality results efficiently.
- Ensure Accountability: Establish clear expectations and hold yourself and others accountable for meeting commitments and achieving outcomes.
- Navigate Conflict Constructively: Address conflict with composure and fairness, minimizing disruption while strengthening relationships and team cohesion.
- Plan and Align Priorities: Organize, sequence, and prioritize work to ensure resources and efforts are aligned with strategic objectives.
- Adapt to Situational Demands: Adjust your approach and leadership style in real time to meet the needs of evolving situations, diverse stakeholders, and shifting business conditions.
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
- Strategic Business Partnership: The ability to operate as a core member of the leadership team—shaping business strategies, influencing decisions with financial insight, and supporting new business development to drive key performance metrics.
- Expert Financial Stewardship: Deep capability in accounting practices, financial reporting, forecasting, and regulatory compliance to ensure data integrity, strong controls, and accurate, timely financial communication across the entity.
- Operational and Performance Leadership: Skill in optimizing processes, improving cost efficiency, managing capital and working capital, and partnering with business leaders to drive continuous improvement, operational excellence, and profitable growth.
- People Leadership and Talent Development: The capacity to coach, mentor, and develop finance staff; assign work effectively; provide meaningful feedback; and build a high performing team aligned to organizational goals
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
College, university, or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required. Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Chartered Accountant or similar certification required.
Experience:
Significant experience required, including managerial and budgetary experience in a small operations manufacturing or distribution center environment.
- Partner with CDBS Purchasing team to achieve annual material performance targets with robust analysis and reporting, and supporting all purchasing Appropriation Requests
- Create material forecast for all North America plants and communicate monthly financial results for material to finance and purchasing leadership
- Track pass-through tariffs and support tariff mitigation strategies and tracking
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At Cummins, we empower everyone to grow their careers through meaningful work, building inclusive and equitable teams, coaching, development and opportunities to make a difference. Across our entire organization, you'll find engineers, developers, and technicians who are innovating, designing, testing, and building. You'll also find accountants, marketers, as well as manufacturing, quality and supply chain specialists who are working with technology that's just as innovative and advanced.
