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.

Caterpillar currently has an opportunity for a Transaction Coordinator to join the Caterpillar Mining Finance – Asia Pacific team based in Melbourne.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We are an industry leader and have a significant global presence in the industries we serve.

For over 95 years, Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. Here you’ll find challenges that excite you and development opportunities to build a lifelong career.

About the role

Caterpillar Financial is Caterpillar’s wholly owned captive financier, head quartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Our mission is to help our customers, dealers and Caterpillar succeed through financial services solutions. Caterpillar Mining Finance is a global team within the Structured Finance business unit of Cat Financial and is responsible for facilitating the mining equipment financing requirements of Caterpillar’s Resource Industry customers through the use of structured equipment finance and corporate debt facilities. Customers include global mining houses, mining services providers and junior/startup mining companies.

The role of the Transaction Coordinator is to exercise decision-making authority to prepare, review, book, and fund financial transactions.

Responsibilities

• Collecting and checking documents, such as corporate documents and signing authority documentation, to ensure legal enforceability.

• Ensuring transactions are correctly documented and booked correctly into the system of record.

• Supporting and coordinating workflow for the funding processes.

• Generating regular and ad-hoc reports of the fund administration and distributing to dealers and vendors.

Key skills requirements for this role include;

• Finance and Accounting: Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, financial analysis, and reporting; ability to apply finance knowledge appropriately to diverse situations

• 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 behaviours.

• 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.

• Taking Ownership: Knowledge of the current situation or issue at hand; ability to take full personal responsibility or ownership for assignments, activities, decisions and results.

• Relationship Building: Knowledge of the importance of creating positive relationships within the team and ability to develop trusting relationships by valuing others' concerns and contributions.

• Financial Instruments: Knowledge of the concepts, types and applications of financial instruments; ability to perform analyses, management and other related tasks associated with financial service business.

• Order Processing - Financial Products: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques, and applications associated with order processing; ability to process financial products with high levels of accuracy

Qualifications and Experience

• University degree or equivalent experience desired

• Minimum of 5 years working in a similar role

Posting Dates:

September 13, 2024 - September 26, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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