Senior Finance Analyst

Caterpillar•Nashville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Supports the Treasury department by formulating, proposing, and implementing interest rate risk and debt placement strategies to achieve the corporate business plan. Responsibilities include high complexity tasks such as conducting financing alternatives analysis, executing derivative trades and debt capital markets transactions, analyzing financial statements, and managing cash assets and bank accounts. This role involves leading projects to conclusion by compiling information, analyzing data, recommending and implementing solutions, and providing information and analysis used to make and/or influence business decisions. Projects and decisions typically impact medium to high-risk issues. The Senior Finance Analyst is expected to provide technical expertise and guidance to peers and recommendations to management on finance-related matters. Additionally, this role produces monthly/quarterly reports for management on topics including external debt, liquidity forecasts, interest rate and F/X valuations, and asset-liability management.

Requirements

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
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.
Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
Derivatives: Knowledge of the structure, attributes, uses, terminology and processing of basic derivatives; ability to use knowledge of derivatives appropriately.
Financial Markets: Knowledge of the products, types, competitors, customer base, major issues and regulatory considerations in the financial markets; ability to apply financial market knowledge to various business environments.
Investment Banking Services: Knowledge of the responsibilities, regulations, and business practices of investment banking; ability to operate mutual funds, securities and bonds, corporate debt underwriting, or mergers and acquisitions.

Responsibilities

Formulating, proposing, and implementing interest rate risk and debt placement strategies.
Conducting financing alternatives analysis.
Executing derivative trades and debt capital markets transactions.
Analyzing financial statements.
Managing cash assets and bank accounts.
Leading projects to conclusion by compiling information, analyzing data, recommending and implementing solutions.
Providing information and analysis used to make and/or influence business decisions.
Providing technical expertise and guidance to peers.
Making recommendations to management on finance-related matters.
Producing monthly/quarterly reports for management on external debt, liquidity forecasts, interest rate and F/X valuations, and asset-liability management.