Senior Finance Analyst

Caterpillar•Nashville, TN

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Supports Caterpillar's Global Purchased Receivables program by managing assigned factoring agreements, executing settlement activities, and partnering with stakeholders across Treasury, Accounting, Risk, and the business. This role combines financial analysis, operational execution, and process improvement to support enterprise liquidity objectives while driving automation, reporting enhancements, and scalable solutions across a complex global portfolio.

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.
Strong financial analysis and reconciliation skills: Demonstrated ability to analyze transactions, validate calculations, investigate discrepancies, and maintain a high degree of accuracy.
Ownership mindset and operational discipline: Proven ability to manage processes end-to-end, meet deadlines, and deliver consistent results in a controlled environment.
Analytical problem-solving skills: Ability to identify root causes, evaluate data, and implement practical solutions to improve process effectiveness.
Process improvement and automation experience: Experience leveraging Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Power Automate, SQL, or similar tools to streamline processes and enhance reporting.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills: Ability to effectively collaborate with Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Risk, Technology, and business partners across a global organization.
Technology and innovation mindset: Curiosity and enthusiasm for applying automation, analytics, AI, and emerging technologies to improve efficiency and decision-making.
Adaptability and continuous learning: Comfortable working in a dynamic environment, learning new concepts, and supporting evolving business needs.
Attention to detail and strong control awareness: Ability to maintain data integrity, support governance requirements, and ensure compliance with established processes and controls.

Responsibilities

Responsible for high complexity including conducting financing alternatives analysis, executing derivative trades and debt capital markets transactions, analyzing financial statements, and managing cash assets and bank accounts.
Lead 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.
Typically, projects and decisions will impact medium to high-risk issues.
Expected to provide technical expertise and guidance to peers and recommendations to management on finance-related matters.
Produce monthly/quarterly reports for management on a wide variety of topics including external debt, liquidity forecasts, interest rate and F/X valuations, and asset-liability management.