Senior Cost Accountant

Caterpillar (Rayong)

Rayong, Thailand

With 2023 sales and revenues of $67.1 billion, 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. Caterpillar does business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

About this position

This is an individual contributor role, responsible for analyzing manufacturing cost and perform cost roll-up for NPI. This incumbent is directly reporting into local accounting manager, yet English communication is mandatory to communicate with global team at times. This forefront role requires high analytical skill to influence senior leaders in making impactful decision.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining financial records in accordance with GAAP and organizational standards.
• Creating reports on financial performance for internal and external use.
• Creating and utilizing automated tools for the updating, analyzing and reporting of consolidated financial results.
• Perform month end closing for costing activities including monthly report.
• Transfer pricing calculation
• Standard cost set up in ERP system.
• Cost roll up for new products introduction ( NPI)
• Quarterly product cost monitoring

Requirements

• Accuracy and Attention to Detail (Level Extensive Experience): Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
• Analytical Thinking (Level Extensive Experience): Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
• Managing Multiple Priorities (Level Extensive Experience): 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.
• Problem Solving (Level Working Knowledge): Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Accounting (Level Working Knowledge): Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools; ability to maintain and prepare financial statements and reports using accounting methods and processes.