Sr Accountant - Team Lead

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About Cat Financial

Cat Financial is a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment off-highway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For more than 40 years Cat Financial has provided a wide range of financing solutions to customers and Cat dealers for machines engines Solar gas turbines genuine Cat parts and services. Headquartered in Nashville Tennessee Cat Financial serves customers globally with offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America Asia Australia Europe and Africa. Visit to learn more about Cat Financial.

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What you will do:

Responsible for managing and leading the Southern Cone Treasury and Cash application teams. Team leader over a team of 3 (one employee and two contractors) to execute key activities and processes in the respective areas.

Treasury

Program Summit (Finance transformation) Subject Matter Expert (SME) for TRAX (Treasury system) deployment and other treasury related workstreams.

Manage and provide leadership and oversight to the Treasury function including working closely with Head office Treasury to support and execute treasury strategy and processes

Manage the organizations cash flow including payments and collections intercompany loans and in-house banking processes.

Manage accurate and timely reports on the organizations cash position; manage the organizations commercial banking relationships.

Work closely with internal partners to forecast and monitor accurately all incoming and outgoing cash transactions including ensuring timely and accurate funding operations

Ensure compliance with applicable treasury governance framework applicable laws/regulations SOX controls treasury policies and strategy

Ensure fraud controls and policies effectively mitigate risks related to bank account management payment approval authorities and segregation of duties. Monitor compliance with and propose amendments to relevant SOX controls and policies. Act as main point of contact for internal and external auditors for cash management activities in assigned region.

Support and lead process improvement projects for the department. Provide effective back-up support to other Treasury employees

Cash Application

Program summit SME for Cash application workstreams

Manage and provide leadership to the the cash application processes and daily cases that involve Special instructions New business Security deposits Write-offs Cross currency contracts in order to provide guidance and support to the team

Follow up suspense Unidentified and Unapplied in order to maintain minimum items pending to be apply or identify

Work closely with internal teams to manage processes and provide direction to team.

Review and approve AR adjustments monthly

What you will have:

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

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. Understand and exceed customer expectations. Collaborate and respect others ideas.

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. Initiate projects independently.

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.

Team Management: Experience in managing teams including internal and external managing leading and providing guidance and support including performance management. Applies relationship management techniques ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with partners (internal and external)

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.

Basic Requirements:

Bachelor Degree preferably in Accounting Finance or Treasury.

English Pre-Advanced

Experience of leading and working with teams and external partners

Top candidates will also have:

Working in or with a shared service center / alternative delivery models

Multinational company experience

Experience with Oracle / financial systems (ERPs)

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