Senior Manager Funding

Career Area: Finance Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. Our common values and focus on inclusion and respect drive the decisions made by our company, teams and people. This is why we are committed to hiring and building diverse teams representative of the customers we serve globally. When you join our team, you can apply your unique life and job experiences and work in an environment where your ideas are heard, your contributions are celebrated, and your whole-self matters. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. About Cat Financial Cat Financial is a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., 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 more than 40 years, Cat Financial has provided a wide range of financing solutions to customers and Cat® dealers for machines, engines, Solar® gas turbines, genuine Cat parts and services. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Cat Financial serves customers globally with offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa. Visit cat.com to learn more about Cat Financial. Role Definition Manages financial and administrative support functions and day-to-day activities to ensure financial objectives are fully achieved. Responsibilities • Assessing existing and proposed financial plans and policies to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization's financial administration. • Identifying areas of concern, bringing significant variances with supporting detail to the attention of management. • Analyzing complex financial data; compiling and distributing results into detailed reports. • Recommending necessary actions to management for establishing and achieving financial objectives. Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired. Skill Descriptors Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision. Level Expert: • Evaluates manual and electronic tools and techniques for enhancing accuracy. • Designs techniques for measuring the cost and impact of errors. • Discusses the value and associated costs of formal walkthroughs. • Monitors the industry for new tools and techniques in assuring accuracy. • Coaches others in methods of identifying and correcting errors, oversights and omissions. • Supports and communicates the organization's quality management process. 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. Level Extensive Experience: • Uses subtle cues to determine the language and experience level of an individual or group. • Introduces technical terminology to listeners in the context of the product or service. • Uses effective analogies to help an audience understand a novel feature of a product or service. • Explains important details as they relate to the basic value of the product or service. • Approaches communication challenges from various angles to find the one that works. • Proceeds to next level of information when audience is ready. 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. Level Extensive Experience: • Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks. • Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process. • Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact. • Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives. • Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus. • Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions. Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers. Level Extensive Experience: • Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties. • Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship. • Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes. • Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors. • Creates opportunities to educate support teams on client priorities. • Empowers others to establish collaborative, healthy relationships. Team Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams. Level Extensive Experience: • Brings projects to closure and ensures capture of what can be learned from the experience. • Leads the definition of team mission and objectives for a variety of teams. • Employs appropriate techniques for maintaining team enthusiasm, energy, and focus. • Ensures that team members are on board, unified, and moving in the same direction. • Communicates both within the team and to stakeholders. • Learns and utilizes special talents and work styles of team members. Asset and Liability Management (ALM): Knowledge of asset and liability tools, techniques and business practices; ability to manage, measure, and monitor risks associated with assets and liabilities. Level Working Knowledge: • Utilizes fixed income derivatives and other instruments to manage overall asset and liability risks. • Applies complex functions and features of asset-liability management and measurement tools and models. • Participates in managing, measuring, and monitoring risk exposures. • Performs complex analysis to measure assets, liabilities, and inherent risks. • Follows proper procedures for managing asset-liability exposures and risks. 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. Level Extensive Experience: • Creates and defines standards to evaluate the financial status for large organizations. • Elaborates on the threshold and limitation to enter into financial markets for various industry participants. • Analyzes the impact of interest rate changes on the economy. • Consults on trading platforms and operations of various financial markets. • Provides coaching on the analysis and valuation models for various financial markets. • Takes effective measures to ensure regulatory compliance of financial markets. Treasury Management: Knowledge of the principles and methods of managing treasury; ability to use tools, techniques and processes to maximize the value of an organization's financial assets and revenue while minimizing risk. Level Extensive Experience: • Trains others in the identification and active management of financial risk. • Supervises all aspects of treasury management for Debt Capital Markets and ALM. • Recommends innovative ways to enhance our funding structure. • Pursues opportunities to minimize borrowing and banking costs. • Maintains active, productive relationships with financial services providers. • Evaluates alternative treasury management practices used by multiple and diverse organizations. This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additional Information: Relocation Assistance Provided Position is located in Nashville, TN #LI Relocation is available for this position. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community. There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.