at Caterpillar, Inc. in Morton, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Career Area:
Accounting
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.
As a Senior Accounting Specialist (internally known as Senior Staff Accountant II) at Caterpillar, you will independently perform accounting functions which require preparation, analysis, and communication of issues from normal to high complexity that support Caterpillar business processes. The following job is a financial reporting position within the Product Support & Logistics Division (PSLD) business resources team.
The Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream from procurement to design and manufacturing to distribution. PSLD is responsible for Aftermarket Parts Distribution?of?Cat Parts, Integrated Logistics, segment Procurement,?and the?design and?manufacture?of Wear Components (Undercarriage and GET) and Maintenance Components (Seals, Tubes & Hardware, Hose & Couplings, Fluids and Filters).
Job duties include but are not limited to the following:
+ Lead special projects related to lean process improvements, corporate strategy alignment, data visualization standardization,as well as other strategic decision-making requests
+ Financial accounting including consolidation, analysis, and communication of division results along with explanations of actuals and variance to forecasts
+ Estimating various forecast and budget scenarios as needed based on changing business conditions (minimum of quarterly and annually)
+ Presentation and explanation of results to management; key business partner providing financial support for PSLD SVP reviews
+ Collaboration with internal partners to develop, coordinate, and report financial and non-financial metrics
+ Develop and implement analytics tools to continuously provide analysis, forward-looking insights, and solutions to complex problems
+ Providing financial guidance on cross-functional or business unit product teams
+ Drive behavior (ability to influence management directions) in accordance with financial targets and business unit / division / enterprise strategy
Basic Requirements:
+ 4-year degree in accounting/finance OR any 4-year degree with an accounting certification (CPA/CMA)
+ 6+ years in accounting/finance/business roles with increasing responsibility
+ Strong communication skills, ability to work independently, and ability to create a vision and lead change
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
+ Professional Certification – Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or equivalent
+ MBA or Master’s Degree in Accounting (or equivalent)
+ Knowledge of using tools such as PowerBI, Syntellis Axiom EPM, SAP Business Objects (BOBJ), SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), Excel
+ Analytical and problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to use these skills to drive team performance improvements
+ High levels of initiative, leadership, good judgement, and superior communication skills
Additional Details:
+ Domestic relocation is available for those who qualify
+ This position would ideally be located in Morton, IL or Chicago, IL ; however open to considering other Caterpillar facilities within the U.S.
+ For a full list of U.S. Caterpillar facilities please visit: https://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/global-footprint/americas/united-states.html
Employee benefit details:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just a salary, because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits [medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401(k)] along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Final details:
Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.
This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers
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Relocation is available for this position.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals – Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.
There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.
Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.
