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.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Business Manager (Analytics COE - Operations Tower Lead) to join our GFS Strategy - Accountable Reporting _Global Finance Services Division Team.

Within Caterpillar's Analytics COE, Global Business Services, Global Finance Services Division, the position would be held as Tower Lead for Operations Tower.

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The preference for this role is to be based out of Whitefield, Bangalore office

What you will do

Job Roles and Responsibilities 

• Grow and develop the Operation Tower within the Analytics COE. This tower provides support globally to the Facility Operations facing Finance teams
• Work with business partners in the Corporate Services and Segment finance teams to identify work the Analytics COE can do to drive customer value for the enterprise
• Execute the transition of this work to the Analytics COE while standardizing, simplifying and automating process to drive continuous improvement and greater efficiency
• Expand processes to deliver additional insight and drive customer value
• Apply advanced analytics to find additional value opportunities for business partners
• Build and develop a team in the Analytics COE to serve as business partners globally with a focus on recruiting, upskilling, talent development and retention

What you will get

• A candidate with at least ten years of experience in manufacturing and factory operations support would be ideal.
• Candidate from Accounting Background is preferred.

Skills desired:

Business Acumen: Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Designs the organization's planning processes and decision-making channels.
• Explains business issues and trends of own business unit as compared to other business units.
• Demonstrates a big picture understanding of the business, its interrelationships, and priorities.
• Demonstrates strong foundation of business fundamentals, measurement, and business finance.
• Develops business cases for own function; reviews and critiques cases for other functions.
• Explains advantages and risks of using business simulations for critical business decisions.

Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

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 Extensive Experience:
• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Organizational Leadership: Knowledge of leadership concepts and ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Utilizes positive reinforcement to motivate & attain desired behaviors; increases productivity.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities: intelligence, dominance, persistence, integrity, confidence.
• Manages own behaviors during interactions, such as feedback giving, to shape workplace events.
• Utilizes an appropriate style of leadership: autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire/free rein, etc.
• Employs leadership theories, such as contingency and transactional, and associated techniques.

Cost-Benefit Analysis: Knowledge of the principles and tools used in cost-benefit analysis; ability to analyze the purpose and scope of a producer, product, process, or project in terms of cost and benefits.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Follows organizational guidelines and procedures for conducting a cost-benefit analysis.
• Participates in the development of a cost-benefit analysis.
• Calculates common measurements such as NPV and ROI.
• Documents and measures direct and indirect costs and projected benefits.
• Resolves common errors or omissions in developing the analysis.

Financial Analysis: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Conducts and documents analyses of a variety of financial statements and indicators.
• Anticipates the potential impact of decisions based on financial data analysis.
• Oversees financial analysis to evaluate organizational and managerial performance.
• Evaluates financial statements and ensures regulatory compliance.
• Advises others on a variety of financial tools, techniques and approaches.
• Directs others work with financial and cash flow ratios and trend analyses.

Financial Forecasting and Modeling: Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques of financial forecasting and modeling; ability to explore and evaluate alternative financial scenarios and results.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Explains the fundamentals of financial forecasting and modeling.
• Resolves common forecasting problems in the application of modeling.
• Uses basic features and facilities of a specific modeling tool.
• Produces and reports the results of a forecast model to management.
• Gathers information necessary to run a forecasting model..

What you will get:

• Work Life Harmony
• Earned and medical leave.
• Flexible work arrangements
• Relocation assistance

Holistic Development

• Personal and professional development through Caterpillar ‘s employee resource groups across the globe
• Career developments opportunities with global prospects

Health and Wellness

• Medical coverage -Medical, life and personal accident coverage
• Employee mental wellness assistance program

 Financial Wellness

• Employee investment plan
• Pay for performance -Annual incentive Bonus plan.

 Additional Information:

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

Posting Dates:

August 27, 2024 - September 2, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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