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.
Role Definition
Prepares workpapers, tax returns, audit responses, and process improvements to support Global Tax compliance and planning initiatives.
Responsibilities
• Compiling and analyzing data for tax compliance, audit, and/or provision.
• Working closely with business partners to ensure appropriate information is gathered.
• Preparing workpapers, calculations, and appropriate tax forms and assisting in preparation of data and documentation to support tax authority inquiries.
• Researching specific federal, state and/or local tax regulations aligned with job responsibilities.
• Implementing identified process efficiencies or dashboards utilizing technology.
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 Basic Understanding:
• Explains the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.
• Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.
• Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.
• Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.
Financial and Accounting Systems: Knowledge of functions, features and capabilities of financial and accounting systems; ability to use financial and accounting applications specific to the organization.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Selects key business and technical contacts in the event of a production problem.
• Works with a specific financial or accounting system and sub-systems.
• Implements data flows between financial and accounting systems.
• Utilizes operating requirements for the financial environment.
• Coordinates major system interfaces and criticalities.
Tax Operations: Knowledge of tax practices and regulations; ability to prepare and file federal, state and local tax returns.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Follows basic record-keeping and filing requirements.
• Classifies local, state and federal tax considerations.
• Lists the types of information needed to complete tax returns.
• Identifies the basic tools used for filing tax returns.
Required Qualifications:
- BS degree Certified Public Accountant
- 70% English level, written and oral communication
- 3+ years of relevant in appropriate equivalent experience in general accounting, fiscal, accounts payable, auditing, internal control.
- Initiative Analytical
- Planning skills
- Results driven mindset
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Intellectual curiosity skills
- Microsoft office
- Schedule Availability
- Excellent analytical skills
- Proactivity
- Excellent teamwork
Desired Qualifications:
Posting Dates:
October 21, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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