Invoicing Accountant
Caterpillar, Inc.
**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.
**Invoicing Accountant**
**Role Definition**
Performs invoicing tasks in support of the Americas Treasury Invoicing Team.
**Responsibilities**
+ Transaction processing (invoices & credit notes) for various Solar entities/segments, ensuring invoicing quality, velocity & on time delivery to internal/external customers.
+ Support our Global Finance Transformation of Simplifying and Standardizing our Global Invoicing practices.
+ Able to understand end-to-end invoicing cycle to determine process improvements and eliminate grief.
+ Acting as strong liaison between Finance & Business Management, working with Project Managers and the broader Treasury Team to resolve questions and inquiries related to the invoice to cash process.
**Requirements**
Requires a 4-year degree in accounting or finance.
Able to understand and communicate in English language.
Proficiencies in Microsoft O365 Suite.
**Skill Descriptors**
**Accuracy and Attention to Detail:** _Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision._
**Level Working Knowledge:**
• Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.
• Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
• Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.
• Learns from mistakes and applies lessons learned.
• Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.
**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._
**Level Working Knowledge:**
• 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.
**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._
**Level Working Knowledge:**
• 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.
**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._
**Level Working Knowledge:**
• Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.
• Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.
• Completes current work according to assigned priorities.
• Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.
• Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.
**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._
**Level Working Knowledge:**
• 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.
• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
• Identifies the major forces, events, and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
**Accounting:** _Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools; ability to maintain and prepare financial statements and reports using accounting methods and processes._
**Level Working Knowledge:**
• Works with financial transactions and related documentation within the organization.
• Participates in accounting practices of classifying and recording financial data.
• Follows regulations for entering and reporting the financial content in major accounting systems.
**Posting Dates:**
January 17, 2025 - January 30, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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