Accountant III at Caterpillar Inc.

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.

Your Work Shapes the World!

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team that 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!

CAT Financial has an exciting opening for an experienced Accountant to join the team in Johannesburg.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities vary, but may include one or more of the following duties:

• Under limited supervision, performs a wide variety of intricate and complex accounting duties.
• Duties and responsibilities will be focused primarily on activities requiring the use of in-depth accounting knowledge, practices, and principles as well as ingenuity and originality.
• Appreciable latitude for unreviewed actions and decisions are within the scope of delegated authority.
• Analyses financial reports and records and may make studies or recommendations relative to the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
• May review and verify the accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications assigned to various records.
• When inconsistencies or problems occur which are outside delegated authority, they are brought to the attention of management.
• Recommendations are made to management regarding the proper means by which to resolve these issues.
• May make recommendations for changes in policies and procedures to correct accounting related problems and processes.
• Applies a broad knowledge of advanced accounting methods and procedures.
• May coordinate and review lower-level accounting work assignments for accuracy and completeness.
• May participate in accounting system development, determining specifications, testing and implementation.
• May lead a project as a team leader.
• Understands the established continuous improvement objectives for the department.
• Measures progress toward the continuous improvement standards and ensure that the necessary measurements are maintained.
• Participates in the resolution of any identified problems.
• Analyses data and makes all business decisions based on such analysis.
• Understands the Harassment policy of the company and is responsible for its application in all aspects of employment.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ingenuity and innovation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ability to apply math computation skills including basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, as well as statistics and other mathematical concepts used in modelling.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting distribution and ability to verify the correctness and completeness of such information.
• Thorough knowledge of U.S. GAAP and FASB regulations and procedures as they relate to the area of accounting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to use the software packages utilized by accounting.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain advanced Excel spreadsheets and Word documents.

Education/Experience:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting, or a bachelor’s degree in another discipline plus Chartered Accountant (CA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exam or the international equivalent.
• A minimum of 2-4 years of accounting experience is recommended.