Finance Specialist (Treasury PMO Lead)

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Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Finance Specialist (Treasury PMO Lead) to join Treasury Operations Tower -Global Finance Services Division.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Whitefield Office, Bangalore, India

What you will do

This role serves as a key individual contributor within the Treasury Services Tower, Corporate Treasury organization, responsible for leading and executing Treasury transformation and technology projects across regions. The position focuses on delivering high‑impact initiatives such as ISO 20022 migration, Trax payment hub deployments, treasury management system enhancements, and other enterprise Treasury modernization programs.

The role requires close partnership with global Treasury, IT, corporate banks, business units and Global Business Services teams to ensure seamless implementation, operational readiness, and ongoing optimization of Treasury systems and processes.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Treasury Project Management

• Lead end‑to‑end project planning, execution, and monitoring, ensuring alignment with global strategy, timelines, and business objectives.
• Manage complex, multi‑regional projects including:
  • ISO 20022 migration
  • Trax deployment and integration within the Caterpillar global payments ecosystem
  • Quantum treasury management system upgrades, enhancements and optimization
  • Connectivity and bank integration projects (SWIFT, Host-to-Host)
• Work closely with Treasury technology teams to define requirements, support design, testing (SIT/UAT), go‑live, and post-implementation stabilization.

Treasury Operations & Process Optimization

• Analyse current-state Treasury processes and help to identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and standardize.
• Support transformation initiatives across cash management, payments, bank connectivity, liquidity, and reporting.
• Assess risks and recommend controls related to new or updated Treasury processes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with global Treasury, IT, Global Business Services, Banking partners, Quantum and Trax support teams.
• Ensure clear communication of project objectives, timelines, risks, and deliverables.

Technical & Functional Expertise

• Apply expertise in end-to-end treasury processes, including cash management, liquidity management, risk management, and bank integrations.
• Provide subject matter guidance on ISO 20022 formats, XML schemas, bank messaging standards, and payment workflows.
• Serve as a knowledge resource for Trax and Quantum functionalities, ensuring best-practice usage and configuration.

Stakeholder Communication

• Create executive-ready presentations summarizing project status, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in simplified, clear language tailored to the audience.

What you will have

• Proven experience in Treasury operations, or project management, with exposure to Treasury technology platforms, such as Trax and Quantum.
• Experience managing or delivering Treasury transformation projects.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of Treasury processes end-to-end.
• Ability to manage change, drive continuous improvement, and influence across global business units.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.
• High attention to detail with commitment to accuracy and control.
• Microsoft Office 365 proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.).

• Requires a college degree in finance, economics or business administration or equivalent experience in the areas of foreign exchange, commodity management, economics, cash management, banking, financial markets or funding.
• 5 years of progressively responsible Treasury job-related experience is typically required.
• This position requires candidate to work a 5-day -a -week schedule in the office.
• Flexibility to work some U.S./EAME shift hours is required.
• Moderate travel may be required (between 0% to 5% of working time).

Top Candidates will also have:

• Prior experience in:

• Treasury management systems (TMS) — Quantum, Kyriba, SAP TRM, etc.
• Trax or other Payment Factory / Payment Hub solutions
• ISO 20022 migration or bank connectivity programs
• Working in a Shared Service or COE environment
• Project management certification/experience (PMP, Agile, etc. preferred but not required).

Skills desired:

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.

Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Uses comparisons to familiar ideas when introducing a technical or novel feature.
• Separates fundamental concepts from supporting details in explaining a product or service.
• Explains products and services with little or no use of technical jargon or advanced vocabulary.
• Emphasizes the most important facts or features of a product or service.
• Perceives lack of audience comprehension; further simplifies explanation when needed.

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 Expert:
• Gains agreement on the problem-solving process, risk assessment, decision points, and criteria.
• Trains others in the process of eliciting alternatives and assessing their impact.
• Orchestrates the resolution of high-impact and cross-functional problems.
• Successfully organizes problem solvers and stakeholders for high-impact problems.
• Predicts and explains long-term trends and implications for alternatives.
• Monitors industry for best practices and new techniques in problem-solving.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Provides prompt and effective responses to client requests and interactions.
• Monitors client satisfaction levels on a regular basis.
• Alerts own team to problems in client satisfaction.
• Differentiates the roles and responsibilities in a business relationship.
• Works with clients to address critical issues and resolve major problems.

Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Updates stakeholders on potential changes; re-negotiates requirements as necessary.
• Identifies the critical goals and tasks required to meet daily objectives.
• Develops contingency plans or to improve processes and to avoid problems before they occur.
• Evaluates linkages and interrelationships when prioritizing multiple responsibilities.
• Manages conflicting priorities effectively.
• Tracks the implementation of plans closely to ensure that desired outcomes are achieved.

Financial Markets: Knowledge of the products, types, competitors, customer base, major issues and regulatory considerations in the financial markets; ability to apply financial market knowledge to various business environments.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Generalizes key characteristics of each financial market type; makes comparisons.
• States the standard operating procedures and processes of a specific financial product, such as an Initial Public Offering.
• Communicates related laws and regulations regarding a specific financial market, such as foreign exchange.
• Analyzes and summarizes current competitive landscape regarding financial markets.
• Generates risk reports on an assigned financial market by reviewing the operation data.

Financial Analysis: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Conducts and documents analyses of a variety of financial statements and indicators.
• Anticipates the potential impact of decisions based on financial data analysis.
• Oversees financial analysis to evaluate organizational and managerial performance.
• Evaluates financial statements and ensures regulatory compliance.
• Advises others on a variety of financial tools, techniques and approaches.
• Directs others work with financial and cash flow ratios and trend analyses.

What you will get:

• Work Life Harmony
• Earned and medical leave.
• Relocation assistance

Holistic Development

• Personal and professional development through Caterpillar ‘s employee resource groups across the globe
• Career developments opportunities with global prospects

Health and Wellness

• Medical coverage -Medical, life and personal accident coverage
• Employee mental wellness assistance program

Financial Wellness

• Employee investment plan
• Pay for performance -Annual incentive Bonus plan.

Additional Information:

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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