Financial Business Manager

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Manager supporting the Large Engine Systems Division (LPSD). In this role you will provide critical support for the C175 Product Manager by supporting NPI, Enterprise Reporting (OAT), and ad hoc strategic analysis to solve complex challenges.

You will also be responsible for leading Capital Budgeting and Forecasting process for all LPSD and supporting the GFSD strategy.

The position primarily supports C175 leadership, but also works closely with other facilities across LPSD.

What You Will Do :

• Support all NPI programs and analysis for Product team
• Provide Enterprise Reporting analysis to help build understanding and generate ideas for potential areas of opportunity.
• Lead LPSD Capital Budgeting and Forecasting; coordinating across all product groups and facilities
• Review C175 OPACC Improvement Agenda (OIA) plans
• Partner with the business to provide deeper strategic insights and solve challenges with a customer-oriented mindset
• Present high-level story to senior leadership, while also understanding the underlying details
• Sponsor projects to standardize and simplify processes by leveraging our digital capabilities (ex. Power BI)
• Influence our finance culture by demonstrating desired behaviors, including but not limited to continuous improvement and learning

What You Have :

• Leadership : Use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives while having a long-term perspective of the future state of things and how to get there
• Effective Communication : Utilize 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
• Vision for Change : See opportunities for change and establish the big picture vision as well as drive thinking and planning towards a long-term strategic goal
• Accuracy and Attention to Detail : Understand the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high level of precision
• Analytical Thinking : Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; capacity to determine root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions to resolve those problems
• Manage Multiple Priorities : Manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation
• Decision Making : Capable of accurately analyzing situations and reaching productive decisions based on informed judgment
• Financial Planning & Analysis : Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools for financial reporting; ability to apply finance knowledge appropriately to diverse situations as well as read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material

Top Candidates Will Have :

Accounting or Finance degree or equivalent

Additional Info :

• This position will be located in our Lafayette, IN office
• This role is a full time, Hybrid position and currently requires 3 days a week in office
• Domestic relocation assistance is available for those who qualify
• Sponsorship is not available

Posting Dates :

July 11, 2024 - July 25, 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.