Career Area:
Information Technology
Job Description:
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Description:
The Financial Systems Tax Governance Lead is a central role that partners with stakeholders across Caterpillar to optimize global direct and indirect tax processes, develop and maintain best in class systems and tools, and enhance governance and controls to support Corporate Direct and Indirect Tax functions, managing risk and exposure across reporting and compliance.
Job duties include but are not limited to the following:
Job Description
This position - part of the Corporate Financial Systems Team -, is an integral part of governing, developing, and implementing Tax solutions worldwide. This individual will work independently, as well as within a large team environment (matrix-oriented structure), to deliver world-class process and technology solutions in support of the business needs of our customers.
The Tax Governance Lead is knowledgeable on a variety of tax and accounting functions but generally have specialized areas of responsibility at this level. Incumbent has the ability to accomplish complex and/or technical analysis to render an opinion or business decision in support of a financial systems solution design. Incumbent will provide advice/recommendations to corporate, business unit managers and leaders often working on tactical and strategic business issues.
The position is responsible for maintaining and enhancing governance over Caterpillar's global tax engine design, to ensure scalability and implementation consistency. This role will also be responsible for coaching and approving all design elements for existing and future tax compliance/strategic initiative projects to ensure sustainability and integrity of our process and systems as they relate to the tax engine. This role will also support our Enterprise Tax Process Owners in identifying and driving key opportunities as it relates to process and systems operating within the Direct and Indirect Tax space.
Specific areas of responsibility include:

• Subject matter expert for the Direct and Indirect Tax area that will provide direction during process and system design activities and assist in resolving business process issues arising from financial systems implementations.
• Ownership of Vertex architecture and overall health of the system platform
• Support, review, and approve all design elements for existing and future tax compliance/strategic initiative projects related to the tax engine/integration
• Support Enterprise Tax Process Owners in driving the future strategy for the global indirect tax engine and supporting capacity planning
• Governs new requirements for changes in processes and technology.
• Liaison between technology and process teams and the Corporate Tax Enterprise and Proxy Process Owners, representing the Tax Process Owners during financial systems design/re-design activities.
• Trusted Advisor with ERP Tax Implementations/Functions, including support to ensure financial reporting integrity on system's cutover
• Design, architect, and validate testing of system and process solutions related to Tax functions
• Definition of internal control requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) control documentation
• Guide and/or validate process documentation as part of the Tax ERP's template(s) solution
• Provide leadership and education for the Tax Technology function
• Work on a matrix-oriented organization, and lead small cross functional teams

Basic Requirements:

• 4-year degree college or university degree in Accounting, Business, Information Systems/Technology, or related degree
• 6-8 years of accounting, tax, and/or information systems/technology experience
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or persuade others inside and outside the department to take specific action

Top Candidate Will Also Have:

• Direct and indirect tax compliance, tax accounting, or tax audit management experience
• Experience in global indirect tax concepts and/or indirect tax compliance (e.g.: Sales and Use Tax, Value-Added Tax, Goods and Services Tax)
• Experience in implementing and managing a global tax engine (e.g.: Vertex)
• Knowledge of local statutory accounting, currency, and tax and trade controls
• Knowledge of the Caterpillar organization, its products, policies and procedures
• Professional Certification (CPA, CMA or equivalent).
• SAP Certification
• MBA (or equivalent)

Additional Details:

• Remote work is available within the United States
• 5-10% travel is expected
• External Title: Tax Governance Lead - Financial Systems
• Internal Title: Solution Lead I, Accounting Consultant I

Employee benefit details:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just a salary, because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits [medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401(k)] along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Final details:
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