Job Description

Career Area: Accounting

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Position Title: Sr Staff Acct I Legal Entity

Job Location: Bangalore, KA-India



Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

Incumbent will provide expertise on complex business and technical issues in Caterpillar SAP environments. This position will/must: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 outcomesIncumbent 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

• Have the ability to analyze, understand impact and have a broader perspective on specific technical and functional issues in the SAP Finance domain.
• Accounting user representative for multiple or more complex systems.
• Possible areas of support include Redesigning and implementing of financial systems.
• Provide user support and deep expertise of the financial systems to address user support issues that may arise in the Mach 1, CBS or other instances of SAP.
• Support and schedule the year end legal entity, statutory, and tax reporting of assets & depreciation schedules.
• Participate in problem resolution process involving customer and information services interaction.
• Support testing of functionality and upgrades related to Project Systems, CATS, and fixed asset processes.
• Provide and maintain accurate user documentation and training as well as detailed process/transaction flows.
• Monitor system performance and grief; notify users of announcements, issues or concerns.
• Provide ongoing support to promptly address business critical incidents and manage ServiceNow tickets for support of these systems.
• Coordinate, participate and occasionally lead small cross-functional teams, with participation from finance (GFSD & Site accountants) and non-finance professionals to ensure customer needs are being met with the systems.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of Caterpillar\'s business and accounting practices, systems and procedures, specifically capital assets.
• Apply accounting knowledge and provide guidance on accounting issues.
• Support deployments and participate in testing, training, and hyper care.

Required Qualifications:

• 4 years degree in accounting or equivalent or 4 year Non-accounting degree with a minimum of 2/3 years knowledge on FICO (accounting process) in SAP.
• 2-4 years of financial systems / support experience.
• Proven record of strong initiative, leadership, accountability, and effective communication skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Professional Certification (Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or equivalent)
• SAP certification on FICO modules by recognized organization.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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