Senior Manager Finance

**Career Area**:
Finance

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Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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.

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**Job Description Summary**:
As the Senior Manager Finance - FP&A at Caterpillar Brazil (CBL), you will have the opportunity to develop essential business information and provide counsel to management for all business analysis, product costing and return on investment activities and data analytics. In addition, you will provide analysis and interpretation of the financial condition of the facility and various product lines.

**What you will do**:

- Guiding the facility’s annual business plan, monthly rolling business management, long term forecast and volume flexibility planning.
- Responsible for facility’s monthly accounting and financial reporting.
- Providing business analysis support by establishing target costs, cost monitoring, value chain analysis, investment analysis, sourcing analysis, product costing and supporting worldwide new product introduction and new sourcing introduction projects
- Managing all aspects of accounting and financial reporting and providing analysis of business statements to assist managers in managing costs operations areas
- Participating in strategy development to improve OPACC (Operating Profit after Capital Charge) results and govern OPACC Improvement Agenda.
- Providing governance for Brazilian incentive programs for both domestic and international sales, national content and Mark-up Over Total Cost (MOTC) calculations and compliance with all related government and tax rules
- Providing analysis and leading discussion on all service charges (inbound and outbound) from internal Caterpillar partner organization
- Managing and coordinating the development of accounting related functions for the Business Units, including actual and planned operational metrics, period cost reporting, and inventory analysis
- Provide decision support and analysis to the Operations, Engineering and NPI teams supporting Earthmoving and Excavation products build in Brazil.

**Skills**:
**Organizational Governance**: Knowledge of the processes, customs, policies, and rules affecting the way the organization is administered and controlled; ability to ensure compliance with governance guidelines and policies.

**Leadership**: Knowledge of leadership practices and processes; ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives while having a long-term perspective of the future state of things and how to get there.

**Financial Analysis**: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.

**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.

**Basic requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in an Accounting or Finance related discipline
- Extensive experience with increasing responsibility in Accounting or Finance-related roles.
- Prior leadership experience
- Pre-Advanced English
- This position requires a strong background in financial accounting, reporting and analysis, cost accounting, and budget development
- Knowledge of the Caterpillar organization, its products, policies and procedures is also desired
- It is strongly preferred that the incumbent has credentialed expertise (CPA, CMA or local equivalent) and solid practical experience involving technical accounting and reporting issu