Accountant

Job Summary

Provides timely and accurate financial record keeping, reporting and analysis as directed by management. This position requires working onsite 5 days a week.

What You Will Do

. Maintaining and consolidating financial records in accordance with GAAP and organizational standards.
. Creating reports on financial performance for internal and external use.
. Creating and utilizing automated tools for the updating, analyzing and reporting of consolidated financial results.
. Support business analysis, process improvements and take part in special projects and ad hoc requests.

What You Have

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
. Processes large quantities of detailed information with high accuracy and productivity.
. Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
. Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.

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.
. Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
. Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
. Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
. Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

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.
. 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.
. Completes current work according to assigned priorities.
. Handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
. Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.
. Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
. Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
. Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
. Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
. Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
. Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Accounting: Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools ability to maintain and prepare financial statements and reports using accounting methods and processes.
. Utilizes cost monitoring practices, techniques and considerations.
. Works with financial transactions and related documentation within the organization.
. Participates in accounting practices of classifying and recording financial data.
. Maintains existing charts of accounts.
. Follows regulations for entering and reporting the financial content in major accounting systems.

Financial Analysis: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.
. Interprets major types of financial statements issued by the organization.
. Utilizes basic qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques with proficiency.
. Works with a specific financial analysis tool set.
. Implements valid financial analysis aligned with key criteria.

Financial Reporting: Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools of financial reporting ability to create and maintain accurate and thorough financial reports.
. Follows organizational practices and guidelines for product profitability reporting.
. Analyzes errors or inaccuracies in financial reports.
. Uses basic tools to create simple financial reports.
. Monitors compliance with organizational standards for financial report writing.
. Implements organizational methods and procedures for financial report writing.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

How We Support You (Employee Benefits):
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 wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, medical and insurance. (prorated based upon hire date).

About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is 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 nearly 100 years, we've been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.