Senior Accountant

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation • Nashville-Davidson, TN, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

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.

Our common values and focus on inclusion and respect drive the decisions made by our company, teams, and people. This is why we are committed to hiring and building diverse teams representative of the customers we serve globally. When you join our team, you can apply your unique life and job experiences and work in an environment where your ideas are heard, your contributions are celebrated, and your whole-self matters.

About Cat Financial

Cat Financial is a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. For more than 40 years, Cat Financial has provided a wide range of financing solutions to customers and Cat dealers for machines, engines, Solar gas turbines, genuine Cat parts, and services. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Cat Financial serves customers globally with offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. Visit cat.com to learn more about Cat Financial.

Role Definition

This role will provide comprehensive support for the Oracle Financial applications, performing in-depth analysis of new processes and product offerings, assisting with testing and deployment for releases, and developing tailored Oracle solutions to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

Conduct analysis and documentation of new processes, business requirements, and products, ensuring alignment with US GAAP accounting practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate the impact of Oracle financial changes and new features.
Assist in testing and validation of Oracle system enhancements, patches, and releases.
Coordinate with IT and business units to support Oracle Financial deployments, development, and ensuring smooth rollouts and user adoption.
Provide end-user support, troubleshooting issues, and identifying opportunities for process improvements within Oracle.
Design and develop custom Oracle solutions to address specific business requirements, enhancing financial reporting and operations.
Perform regular audits and reviews of Oracle system configurations to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and adherence to Sarbanes Oxley.

Consideration for Top Candidates:

Oracle Expertise: Skilled in Oracle database management and configuration. Familiarity with Oracle E-Business Suite is advantageous.
Servant Leadership: Demonstrates a servant leadership approach, focusing on the development and well-being of team members.
Financial Services Background: Previous experience in the financial services sector.
Preferred Qualifications: CPA or CMA certification is preferred.

Skill Descriptors

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

Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
Productively balances speed and accuracy.
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.

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

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.

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.

Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

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.

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.
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; ability to understand business processes and how accounting should be applied to different products.

Consults on the effectiveness and efficiency of accounting process flow.
Oversees the process and data flow between accounting systems and sub-systems.
Addresses potential conflicts with US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley Controls.

System Analysis: Knowledge of tools and approaches of system analysis; ability to read, interpret, and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.

Conducts and documents analyses of a variety of financial statements and indicators.
Anticipates the potential impact of decisions based on financial data analysis.
Oversees financial analysis to evaluate organizational and managerial performance.
Evaluates financial statements and ensures regulatory compliance.
Advises others on a variety of financial tools, techniques, and approaches.
Directs others' work with financial and cash flow ratios and trend analyses.

Additional Information:

This role is a hybrid position and would require any successful candidate to commit to a 3-day per week in-office requirement.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties, and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Relocation is available for this position. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.

Posting Dates:

October 15, 2024 - October 22, 2024

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