Career Area

Accounting

Job Description

Position Title: Junior Accountant

Job Location: Bangalore, KA-India

Job Description

To perform bookkeeping and entry level accounting functions that support business processes and provide experience with Caterpillar accounting practices.

Job Duties

From the outset, incumbent will be expected to be a contributing performer, doing entry level accounting work that supports business processes. Additionally, this position will:
• Gain an understanding of Caterpillar’s business and accounting practices, systems and procedures
• Learn and develop skills, which result from the practical application of basic accounting knowledge
• Provide assistance to project team members or others in the work group

The incumbent will be exposed to one or multiple accounting functions and will accomplish a high level of compilation and basic analysis work, reviewing clerical input, processing journal entries, reconciliations, and generating reports. The incumbent will identify relevant data, data sources, gather and analyze information and provide feedback. Typically, decisions will impact low risk issues and will be reviewed by a supervisor or technical leader. Work will be directed by the supervisor, but this position does not require close supervision to be effective.

Possible Areas Of Responsibility Are Varied, Including
• Processing accounting journal entries timely, accurately and completely to ensure that all financial transactions are properly accounted for
• Coordinates the monthly legal entity closing activities for designated facilities
• Verifies data accuracy in the financial documents and takes appropriate action
• Performs analysis of accounting data to support management needs
• Performs analysis of legal entity results and payables process
• Performs data collection and compilation to meet business plan, forecast, and other management reporting needs
• Handles ad-hoc assignments
• Tracking of actual product costs versus target
• Ensures there is a single source for monitoring and tracking machine costs within the cost targets that have been set.

Qualifications
• Education: Graduate or equivalent(Accounting Background Preferred)
• The position requires 4-6 years experience in Indirect Tax Function specifically in the area of Excise, VAT, WCT and Service Tax and knowledge on GST.
• Work experience in Big 4 Accounting firms is preferred.
• Experience in SAP working environment is compulsory. Knowledge in FI & GST module is required.
• Hands on experience on European VAT process and understanding of new BREXIT rules.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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