Operations Accountant
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About the Role
Caterpillar Inc. is hiring an Operations Accountant for its Electric Power Division in Larne, Northern Ireland. The role involves financial accounting, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis to support business decisions.
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Responsibilities
- Financial accounting including preparation of journal entries
- Provide insights on financial results to assist management with business decisions
- Support Senior Finance Manager in developing the facility annual business plan and quarterly forecasts for variable and period costs
- Lead monthly Normals reporting and responsible for annual rates setting process
- Develop new tools and analytics to streamline financial analysis and provide enhanced decision support
- Support ad hoc analysis such as material utilisation, factory efficiencies, absorption, facility contracts, compliance
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a business related field
- Extensive experience in financial analysis
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Analytical thinking
- Familiarity with eSAP, Axiom, PowerBI and CoPilot (preferred)
- Certified/Chartered Accountant (preferred)
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Job Description
- Caterpillar Inc. is hiring an Operations Accountant for the Electric Power Division (EPD) in Larne, Northern Ireland.
- Competitive salary starting from £46,329 (dependent upon experience).
- Benefits include 25 days annual leave, up to 12% bonus, contributory pension and share schemes, and optional flexible benefits.
What You Will Do
- Financial accounting including preparation of journal entries
- Provide insights on the financial results to assist management with business decisions
- Supporting Senior Finance Manager in developing the facility annual business plan and quarterly forecasts for variable and period costs as well as the corresponding monthly variance analysis
- Lead the monthly Normals reporting and responsible for the annual rates setting process
- Develop new tools and analytics to streamline financial analysis and provide enhanced decision support
- Support ad hoc analysis such as (but not limited to) material utilisation, factory efficiencies, absorption, facility contracts, compliance etc
What You Have
- Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.
- Conducts and documents analyses of a variety of financial statements and indicators.
- Anticipates the potential impact of decisions based on financial data analysis.
- Oversees financial analysis to evaluate organizational and managerial performance.
- Evaluates financial statements and ensures regulatory compliance.
- Advises others on a variety of financial tools, techniques and approaches.
- Directs others work with financial and cash flow ratios and trend analyses.
Education/Experience
- This position typically requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a business related field
Top Candidates Will Also Have
- Familiarity with eSAP, Axiom, PowerBI and CoPilot
- Certified/Chartered Accountant
Additional Information
- The role will require a 5 day a week on site presence
- 37.5hr week.
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