**DESCRIPTION** We are looking for a talented **Internal Controls Analyst** to join our team specializing in **Finance** for our **Global Internal Controls Department** in **Johannesburg, South Africa.** **In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways** : + Strengthen Internal Controls: You’ll assess and enhance the effectiveness of financial and operational controls, helping the organization safeguard assets and ensure compliance. + Drive Process Improvements: By identifying inefficiencies and risks in business processes, you’ll recommend and support practical improvements that streamline operations and reduce risk. + Support Strategic Planning: Your input into the annual control plan will help align internal audit priorities with business goals, ensuring resources are focused where they matter most. + Enhance Documentation Quality: You’ll maintain and improve internal control documentation (e.g., flowcharts, control matrices), ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with company standards. + Promote Accountability: Through testing and evaluation, you’ll uncover control gaps and work with stakeholders to implement corrective actions, fostering a culture of accountability. + Collaborate Across Functions: You’ll work closely with auditors, finance teams, and business units to address control deficiencies and accounting issues, ensuring a unified approach to risk management. + Empower Through Education: By providing training and coaching on internal controls and policies, you’ll build awareness and capability across the business. + Champion Compliance and Integrity: Your work will directly support the company’s commitment to ethical practices, transparency, and regulatory compliance. **RESPONSIBILITIES** **To be successful in this role you will need the following:** + Strong Technical Accounting and Controls Expertise: A solid foundation as a qualified accountant with at least 5 years’ experience in accounting or assurance, along with deep knowledge of US GAAP, internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO), and SOx compliance. + Analytical and Risk Assessment Skills: The ability to assess business processes, identify control weaknesses, accounting errors, and policy noncompliance, and translate findings into actionable improvements that mitigate financial and operational risks. + Effective Communication and Collaboration **:** Strong interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders across finance, IT, and audit teams, present risk-related insights clearly, and provide guidance on control design, process improvements, and policy adherence. + Change Management and Training Capability: Experience supporting ERP or IT infrastructure changes from a controls perspective, and the ability to develop and deliver training that builds internal capability in risk management and compliance. **QUALIFICATIONS** **Education/ Experience** + College, university, or equivalent degree in accounting required. + Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor or equivalent certification preferred. + Intermediate level of relevant work experience preferred. **Job** Finance **Organization** Cummins Inc. **Role Category** On-site with Flexibility **Job Type** Exempt - Experienced **ReqID** 2421970 **Relocation Package** No **100% On-Site** No