Senior Staff Accountant Ii Cost

**Career Area**:Accounting**:
**Numbers matter. And relationships too.**

At Caterpillar, a career in accounting is not about numbers. It's about helping us make smart and ethical financial decisions. You may not have a hand in building Cat® products, but the guidance you offer makes it possible for us to do our part. That's why we look for accountants who work with the highest levels of integrity, people who have the skills and confidence to serve as trusted advisors. Your financial knowledge matters, of course, but here you will succeed if you also:

- Are a good communicator and leader and know how to make decisions
- Are energetic and tenacious
- Are ready to learn
- Are committed to building strong relationships

**Job Duties**:
Incumbent will provide expertise on complex business, financial or managerial issues within a business unit or corporate environment. Additionally, this position will/must:

- Have the ability to analyze and understand impact and have a broader perspective on specific accounting issues. This requires a comprehensive understanding of Caterpillar’s business accounting issues and full support of the unit leadership team.
- Act as a teacher on accounting issues to staff accountants as well as non-accountants
- Resolve issues independently
- Lead and/or direct teams within or outside of discipline addressing complex problems
- Take full responsibility for outcomes

Senior Staff Accountant II’s are knowledgeable on a variety of accounting functions but generally have specialized areas of responsibility at this level. Incumbent has the ability to accomplish complex and/or technical analysis, but generally utilizes data gathered by others to render an accounting opinion or business decision. Incumbent will provide advice/recommendations to business unit managers and leaders often working on tactical and strategic business issues.

Possible specific areas of responsibility could include but are not limited to:

- Determining Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for high complexity projects
- OPACC growth strategy
- Enterprise coordination and/or governance of costing and/or investment activities
- Product group and/or operational strategy development & execution
- Global footprint and sourcing strategy
- Development of new/alternative costing methodologies, processes, and/or systems
- Business proposal development and/or review
- Post Implementation Audit (PIA) completion and/or review
- End-to-end project management for sourcing/footprint studies and strategic GFSD initiatives

Incumbent must demonstrate specific accounting knowledge and independently handle accounting issues. Accounting tasks can be varied in areas such as:

- Developing worldwide sourcing studies
- Developing methodology and providing education to accounting and non-accounting staffs and cross-functional teams
- Communicating / consulting to broader (worldwide) audience on cost accounting issues

**Background / Experience**:

- Finished degree in accounting plus proven record of success at entry or lower levels.
- 6-8 years of accounting experience
- Fluent English
- Must demonstrate high levels of initiative, leadership, good judgment, the ability to communicate effectively, a broad understanding of accounting business processes, process improvement, and have a comprehensive knowledge of Caterpillar business, products, suppliers and customers.

**Final Details**:
**The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.**

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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