Cost and Business Analysis Accountant

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Job Description:

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Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Senior Cost and Business Analysis Accountant to join the Business Resources tea within Campo Largo this role you will manage new product costing and related activities in collaboration with global teams. You will be instrumental in driving operational excellence and leading continuous improvement initiatives across financial processes.

What You Will Do:

• Oversee the Cost Leadership Strategy for the facility coordinating Cost Reduction initiatives to ensure Caterpillar competitiveness.

• Support financial analysis for the introduction of new products (NPIs) and new sources (NSIs).

• Coordinate the Normals/Abnormals cost process and lead standard cost updates ensuring accuracy governance and alignment with corporate procedures.

• Lead Investment Feasibility Studies for facility capital projects including business case development financial modeling and recommendations aligned with enterprise capital governance.

• Act as facility financial liaison with the Analytics CoE for Product Cost Monitor and Sourcing studies.

• Prepare executive-level materials and present to senior leadership.

• Support CBL and BCP leadership with strategic financial requests delivering timely datadriven analysis to inform operational and investment decisions.

• Deliver strategic financial insights including scenario modeling sensitivity analysis and forwardlooking assessments to support business planning and risk evaluation.

• Drive continuous improvement efforts focused on standardization simplification and automation as part of the Global Finance Strategy

What you will have Skills:

Effective Communications and Interpersonal Relationships: 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. Strong collaboration and communication skills to work constructively with diverse teams. Ability to build trust connect departments and drive cross-functional improvements. Communicates effectively with diverse audiences using appropriate media and language including English. Excellent customer service skills working in a global environment with multiple stakeholders to drive outcomes

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan organize monitor and control projects ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Strong Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving skills: Able to interpret complex financial data trends and patterns. Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. Analyzes and discusses alternatives with multiple stakeholders. Anticipates special issues and considerations for effective decision-making.

Initiative

Being proactive and committing to action on self-identified job responsibilities and challenges; ability to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals. Achieves highly challenging goals consistently delivering results that exceed stakeholder expectations.

Self-starter works well independently and in a team. Seeks and creates opportunities and experiences that challenge ones own or business limitations.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors degree

Experience in financial analysis costs product structures or procurement activities.

Microsoft Office applications (Excel PowerPoint Word)

Pre-advanced English

Top Candidates will have::

Proven experience with analytical and automation tools (Power BI Power Automate Power Apps and Python).

Focus on process improvement leading initiatives and projects with the team.

Project management / Black Belt.

MBA Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or similar.

Advanced / Fluent English

Note: This position requires the candidate to work onsite five days a week.

Some of the offered benefits*:

Medical plan

Dental plan

Medicines reimbursement

Psychological Legal Social and Finance Support Program

Private pension plan

Profit share

Meal assistance

Christmas basket

Transportation

Life and personal insurance

Extended maternity and paternity leave

Employee resources group (Young Professional Women in Networking LAMBDA (LGBTQIA) Latin Group and Active in Sport

*Caterpillar reserves the right to change or modify benefits at any time subject prior notice and in compliance with legal requirements. Benefit elegibility may vary by position and location

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