Career Area:

Finance

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

The Opportunity

Caterpillar is hiring a Business Process Specialist, with a focus on accounting, to drive delivery of Caterpillar's battery electric powered machines. In this position, you will have the pleasure of working amongst an international team of collaborators, across functional areas such as commercial, supply chain, purchasing, treasury, tax, IT. The Business Process Specialist is a perfect blend of accounting and technical skill, requiring an understanding of not only Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, but also how system development and design will support business requirements.

This role is in support of Caterpillar’s Battery as a Service (BaaS) model within the Electrification + Energy Solutions division. As the Business Process Specialist for BaaS, you will be instrumental in deploying new products, functionalities, and geographical regions in support of E+ES strategy into the SAP ECC ERP system. This position will work closely with the larger project team, crossing multiple functional areas, as well as the shared services accounting teams, to ensure that all accounting requirements and functionalities are met. This position entails the identification of business requirements centered around accounting, documenting them via visual flow, and communicating requirements to IT development teams.

Responsibilities may include:

• Defining and capturing business requirements

• Business process design

• Participation in blueprinting sessions

• Review and approval of SAP data load templates

• User acceptance testing within SAP

• Collaboration with accounting operations team on post-deployment processes

Degree Requirement :

Degree or equivalent experience in accounting, business, or related field

Skills Descriptors:

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.

• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.

• Productively balances speed and accuracy.

• Employs techniques for motivating personnel to meet or exceed accuracy goals.

• Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.

• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.

• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.

• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

• Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.

• Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.

• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.

• Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.

• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.

• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.

• Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.

• Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.

• Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.

• Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.

• Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

Accounting: Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Financial transactions and related documentation within the organization.

• Develop and document business processes and requirements according to accounting principles

• Accounting practices of classifying and recording financial data.

• Understands SAP chart of accounts and cost objects (cost centers, internal orders, WBS elements)

• Follows regulations for entering and reporting the financial content

Financial Analysis: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates financial to statements and ensure regulatory compliance.

• Advises others on a variety of financial tools, techniques and approaches .

Financial Reporting: Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools of financial reporting.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Understand business requirements for financial reporting.

• Understand compliance requirements to build and define accounting requirements for system development

Additional Information:

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.

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 an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with a yearly STIP 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.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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Posting Dates:

May 21, 2024 - June 4, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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