Global Process Owner

Caterpillars Global Business Services organization has an open position as Global Process Owner Record to Report.

In this role, you will balance strategic ideas with development and deployment of standard processes, policies and controls and manage key technology and people aspects for the global Record to Report function. You will partner closely with key stakeholders including Global Operation Leads, Finance Systems and User Access Provisioning, Corporate Compliance and Controls, HR teams and business units. You will identify and implement process improvement opportunities aligned with performance measurement targets. You will manage the deployment of ERP systems to support financial record keeping, reporting, tax filing and other accounting functions.

This position reports to Senior Director Finance Transformation.

What You Will Do:

• Standard service catalog/taxonomy design, exception book creation & governance, standard process design, standard process documentation, standard controls documentation, standard policies design.
• Act as a liaison between technical and operational accounting teams, connecting legacy processes to the future state as part of ERP deployment projects.
• Standard tools/technology design, standard tools/technology deployment, system access levels identification, standard functional roles alignment with User Access Provisioning, Segregation of Duties conflicts testing & mitigation.
• Provide multi-functional accounting support for ERP deployments, including to-be process design, testing and training, data cleansing, cutover planning and hyper-care support.
• Work placement, sizing & location strategy, required skills and competencies definition, Global Business Services organization structure design, standard functional roles design, standard service catalog/taxonomy implementation.

What You Have :

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in accounting or any 4-year degree with an applicable certification.

Finance and Accounting: Knowledge of finance and accounting practices with a high degree of process and functional knowledge of end-to-end Record to Report processes, finance transformation, global business services and ERP deployments

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.

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. Makes sound business decisions on behalf of the group when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives, drive for continuous improvement, ability to manage change and embrace disruption.

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. Promoting efficacy through monitoring, coaching & motivating subordinates. Ability to lead, inspire and influence without direct authority and work with multiple teams and stakeholder groups to drive outcomes.

What Will Set You Apart :

• Strong understanding of legal entity accounting and SAP systems
• Demonstrated prior experience in finance transformation, global business services and ERP deployments
• Prior supervisory experience
• Strong communication, interpersonal skills and executive presence with the ability to collaborate and partner across peers and leadership
• Initiative, leadership, good judgement, effective organization skills, and accountability
• Ability to resolve issues independently and with worldwide / diverse teams.
• Ability to take an Enterprise point of view and lead with our Values in Action.