Manager Accounting
Caterpillar

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

This position will lead the financial decision support and reporting for the Earthmoving Product Development organization. This includes supporting Earthmoving product validation facilities and product development organizations.

This supervisory role interfaces with accounting and non-accounting disciplines inside and outside the unit(s) to assist with the achievement of goals. Provides a strategic focus and leads initiatives on complex financial, product and/or cost issues. Provides guidance on direct and indirect reporting structures.

Primary responsibilities of the Accounting Manager are divided into three areas but are not limited to the following:

• Managing People
  • Manages a team of management personnel and their related workload. Sets expectations and prioritizes work and projects. Analyzes staff-provided data for decision making at a summary level.
  • Evaluates and reports on staff performance, participates in employee selection, provides career guidance and training direction, complies with personnel practices, and promotes team rewards and successes.
  • Provides technical guidance and expertise.
  • Motivates team members to work towards individual and team goals and objectives, and fosters an environment of teamwork and cooperation. Promotes team value system

• Managing Expectations
  • Participates in the development and support of business strategies
  • Communicates effectively within the team and with internal and external customers and data providers, including presentations to all levels of management.
  • Proactively interacts with customers to develop, understand and manage customer requirements and expectations.
  • Serves as liaison between customer, team and data providers and manages customer relationships.
  • Identifies, establishes, prioritizes and communicates goals and objectives of team.
  • Provides services, makes recommendations and manages costs.

• Managing and Performing Complex Staff Work
  • Leads team in more comprehensive, diverse activities that require interpreting and adhering to U.S. GAAP and Caterpillar's accounting practices and procedures.
  • Provides technical guidance and expertise on business issues of global impact and/or high complexity such as financial reporting requirements for business units, capital asset reporting, parent company inventory, consolidation of forecasting processes such as RBM, SRC, EOR, etc., management of all business support and pricing issues, working with customers and Global IT to establish financial system priorities, management of tax processes and providing customer requirements analysis.
  • Leads initiatives and makes decisions outside team to represent the group (e.g. process improvements, new business requirements).
  • Collaborates with internal and external parties as appropriate
  • Convinces non-accountants of appropriate financial treatment on business issues
  • Provides creative solutions that challenge traditional methods and processes

Basic Requirements:

• 4-year degree in accounting or approved Accounting certification.
• 7-10 years of progressively responsible job-related experience is required.

Top Candidate Will Also Have:

• Must have proven record of success and accomplishments at lower levels, including prior supervisory experience.
• Must demonstrate high levels of initiative, leadership, good judgment and superior communication skills.
• Strong analytical, process improvement, problem solving and human relations skills are also necessary.
• Knowledge of Caterpillar's businesses, products, suppliers and customers and a broad understanding of accounting and business processes/systems.

Additional Details:

• Location: Peoria, IL - Building AB
• Domestic relocation is available to those who qualify
• Regular travel to Peoria Proving Grounds is expected

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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Posting Dates:
April 29, 2024 - May 13, 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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