Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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  • The Staff Accountant II will provide technical expertise and will perform more complex accounting work that supports business processes. Additionally, this position will:

  • -have a comprehensive understanding of Caterpillar’s business and accounting practices, systems and procedures;

  • -apply accounting knowledge and provide guidance on accounting issues

  • -participate on and lead teams

  • Incumbents are exposed to a variety of accounting functions and accomplish a high level of complex and/or technical analysis, review various outputs for reasonableness and advise other accountants. Incumbent works on challenging, medium to high risk issues and makes business decisions and recommendations as appropriate. Work is supported by a supervisor primarily through review of results.

  • Possible areas of responsibility are varied and of high complexity, including: cost system maintenance

  • normal and machine rate development abnormal Identification & Reporting

  • prime product and/or component cost monitoring & analysis operations and/or product group budgeting and expense analysis capital expenditure forecasting and reporting

  • standard and current cost grief resolution

  • determining Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for medium to high complexity projects standard cost setting and analysis

  • regional profitability reporting & analysis

  • NPI support including future cost, should cost and alternative analyses




  • Accounting tasks are of high complexity such as standard cost revision support, investment analysis, regional profitability reporting, and NPI strategy input. Advises and provides guidance to multiple functional areas and levels of authority. The Staff Accountant II is capable of handling broader business issues such as establishing and monitoring target costs, forecasting future product costs, quantifying cost reductions and providing alternatives, and providing competitive analysis for sourcing decisions.

  • Incumbents will demonstrate knowledge and ability to independently handle accounting issues. They will demonstrate very good communication skills and have a comprehensive knowledge of their business unit products, suppliers and customers and accounting processes.




  • BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE: In the U.S., requires a 4-year degree, preferably in accounting. Non- accounting degree requires minimum 18 hours of college level accounting or approved Accounting certification. Outside the U.S., international equivalent of education and/or certification are typically required. All approved certifications can be found on Finance Services Division Accounting Certification website. Must have proven record of strong initiative, leadership, accountability and effective communication skills. 2-4 years of accounting experience is r ecommended.
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Deadline: 20-06-2024

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