US AHS Finance Supervisor

Job Overview

The AHS Finance Supervisor serves as the primary finance business partner for Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS), one of Komatsu's most innovative and rapidly growing technology businesses. Reporting to the US Corporate Finance Manager, this role leads day-to-day AHS financial reporting, planning, project and commercial analysis, accounting operations, and working-capital activities. The position provides actionable insights to AHS leadership, supports profitable growth and domestic and international deployments, and ensures accurate, timely, and controlled financial information for consolidated reporting and enterprise planning.

Job Responsibilities

Business Partnering & Commercial Support

• Serve as a trusted finance advisor to AHS leadership, under the direction of the US Corporate Finance Manager, on performance, priorities, financial risks, and business opportunities.
• Translate financial and operational data into recommendations that support revenue growth, margin improvement, cost control, and resource allocation.
• Support business cases, pricing and costing models, investment analysis, contract reviews, commercial negotiations, and deployment risk assessments.
• Partner with Project Management, Sales, Operations, and other stakeholders to monitor project financial performance and support profitable domestic and international deployments.

Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis

• Lead the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results, including close support, consolidation, variance analysis, management commentary, and reporting.
• Coordinate budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans with AHS leadership and the US Corporate Finance Manager, acting as the primary liaison with Corporate Finance and FP&A.
• Analyze sales, margins, project profitability, costs, and key performance indicators. Identify performance drivers and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop financial models, scenarios, capital expenditure analyses, and forward-looking insights to support strategic and operational decisions.

Accounting Operations, Working Capital & Controls

• Coordinate accruals, invoices, purchase orders, sales orders, internal orders, fixed asset requests, and related accounting activities to support an accurate and timely close.
• Oversee accounts receivable activities and improve billing accuracy, collections, days sales outstanding, and cash flow.
• Maintain effective billing, credit, project accounting, and revenue recognition processes. Escalate material risks and exceptions to the US Corporate Finance Manager.
• Support compliance with US GAAP/IFRS, SOX, company policies, and internal controls. Maintain audit-ready reconciliations and process documentation.
• Support internal and external audits and address accounting, reporting, and control gaps promptly.

Systems, Workforce Planning & Process Improvement

• Support ERP and reporting processes using SAP, Adaptive Planning, Power BI, Excel, and related systems, ensuring accurate data and effective decision support.
• Oversee Harvest time recording, labor allocation, and reconciliation to support accurate project costing and resource-utilization reporting.
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives that standardize finance processes, strengthen reporting, streamline workflows, and improve efficiency.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop team members by establishing clear priorities, performance expectations, and development objectives.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, safety, integrity, compliance, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
• Build strong relationships across AHS and Finance, communicate emerging risks and significant variances, and escalate matters requiring management approval.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including financial reporting, planning, analysis, or finance business partnering.

• 2+ years of supervisory, team-lead, or demonstrated people-coaching experience.

• Experience with project accounting, profitability analysis, budgeting, forecasting, commercial analysis, and revenue recognition.

• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS and internal control requirements.

• Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred), advanced Microsoft Excel skills, and the ability to analyze and communicate complex financial information. 

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CMA, MBA, or another relevant professional certification or graduate degree. 

• Experience in mining, heavy equipment, manufacturing, technology, software, or project-based service environments. 

• Familiarity with Adaptive Planning, Power BI, or similar planning and business intelligence tools. 

• Experience with SOX compliance, audit support, and continuous-improvement initiatives. 

• Experience supporting commercial activities, customer deployments, or operations across multiple countries.