Overview
Accounting Manager Jobs in California at Solar Turbines Graduate / Intern
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.
Job Purpose
To manage the accurate and timely recording, analysis, summarization, and (if applicable) communication of business information for the facilities or areas assigned. Â JOB RELATED STATISTICS:
Personnel:1-2 salaried, 4-6 management or part-time
JOB DUTIES:
Though organizations vary, incumbent typically provides supervision with both technical and administrative responsibility for a team of primarily management staff. This could be in a specialized area (General Ledger, Sales/Cost of Sales) for a larger organization or in a general area (Inventory, Financial Accounting) for a smaller unit (e.g. a facility/plant within the parent company). Overall accounting policies have been prescribed, but there is a continual need to interpret, coordinate and record activities resulting from constantly changing business conditions.  In addition, this position identifies and develops specific accounting policies, practices, processes or systems to support business needs.  Incumbent has a comprehensive knowledge of the organization’s accounting processes & systems.
Reporting directly to the incumbent are various levels of primarily management accountants and possibly some salaried support positions.
Primary responsibilities of the Senior Accounting Supervisor I are divided into three areas:
Managing People
Supervises primarily management personnel who perform accounting functions of varying complexity including working with selected financial systems, interpreting and adhering to Caterpillar’s accounting practices and procedures.
Manages a team and their related workload, prioritizes projects, assigns and reviews work, and controls the daily operating environment.
Evaluates and reports on staff performance, participates in employee selection, provides career guidance and training direction, complies with personnel practices, and promotes team rewards and successes.
Provides technical guidance and expertise.
Motivates team members to work towards individual and team goals and objectives, and fosters an environment of teamwork and cooperation.
Managing Expectations
Participates in the development and support of business strategies
Communicates effectively within the team and with internal and external customers and data providers, including presentations to all levels of management.
Proactively interacts with customers to develop, understand and manage customer requirements and expectations.
Serves as liaison between customer, team and data providers and manages customer relationships.
Identifies, establishes, prioritizes and communicates goals and objectives of team.
Provides services, makes recommendations and manages costs.
Performing Complex Staff Work
Provides technical guidance and expertise on business issues of global impact and/or high complexity such as investment analysis, product cost studies, consolidations process and corporate financial results analysis, and customer requirements analysis.
Leads initiativ…
Title: Accounting Manager
Company: Solar Turbines Graduate / Intern
Location: California
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