Accounting Manager

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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.

Role Definition:

The position is a leadership role responsible for reviewing, approving and providing financial information/records in USAGAAP in a timely and accurate manner, as well as providing functional and technical accounting advisory and support to other team members/departments. It is a key position that will be participating in implementation and process improvement projects.

What will you do:

• Supervisory role for 5 team members
• Monitor, review, and control financial closing processes, including review Financial Statements in accordance with USGAAP, and explanations of variances month over month, and over prior year.
• Review and approval of Journal Entries, Account reconciliations, clearings of open line items, Currency revaluation/Exchange rate fluctuation impact, review and calculate financial impacts for lease contracts, review accounting information/records prepared for other team members/departments, fixed assets processes and reports
• Provide functional and technical accounting advisory and support to team members and different departments, overseeing and evaluating the activities of the accounting staff, analyzing and resolving accounting problems.
• Implementation of new systems, and improvements to current processes
• Prepare ad hoc reporting requests, mapping and document activities/processes, suggest and implement improvements to processes, and participate in special projects as required.
• Prepare and provide information in a timely and accurate fashion to multiple internal and external customers ensuring the accounting policies and practices of the organization are followed.
• Supervise to keep, implement, and adhere to internal controls and corporate governance undefined

Degree Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with working knowledge in financial reporting
• Advanced English

Skills:

Planning: Tactical, Strategic:

• Tracks progress against plans to meet objectives.
• Reports variances and applies agreed corrections.
• Develop tactical plans for own area with guidance.

Managing People:

• Estimates task time and resources; manages team workloads to meet deadlines.
• Reviews employee progress and performance; removes barriers to growth.
• Help employees set and meet performance standards and career goals.

Analytical Thinking:

• Identifies information inconsistencies and explains variances.
• Organizes and prioritizes corrective steps.
• Identifies possible causes using experience and current research.
• Breaks down complex problems and identifies root causes to develop solutions.

Accounting:

• Supervises the full accounting function.
• Advises on accounting process effectiveness and efficiency.
• Oversees process and data flows across accounting systems and subsystems.

Financial Reporting:

• Identifies and interprets the organization's main financial statements.
• Explains financial statement structure and content.
• Ensures financial statement and report accuracy.

Effective Communications:

• Collaborates across departments to gather information, resolve issues, and advise.
• Communicate effectively in all directions.
• Use appropriate persuasion to gain agreement; conveys needs and defends positions with empathy and assertiveness.
• Tailors’ documents and presentations to the audience.

Judgment and Decision Making:

• Separates relevant information from noise when weighing actions.
• Selecting the right activities among competing priorities.
• Stand by decisions despite conflict or unexpected outcomes.

Top Candidates will have:

• Master degree or Accounting/Finance
• Certification Working knowledge on QAD, SAP
• Strong skills in MS Office tools such as Excel, MS Access, Power BI,

Additional Information:

• This position may be based in either Nuevo León or Nuevo Laredo.
• This position will require travel to Nuevo Laredo (potentially 5 or 6 times per year)
• Work schedule: Monday to Friday 7am – 4pm or 8am – 5pm
• Availability to work on holidays and/or extended time during month end closing and/or special projects/requests
• Sponsorship for foreign candidates is not available.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• Do not forget to include a resumé in English in your profile in Workday​.

Final details:

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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, 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.

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

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