820 Accountant jobs in Bangalore

**Career Area:**
Finance
**Job Description:**
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**Your Impact 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 Summary**
We are seeking a skilled **Accountant to** join our **-** **Cost Management Projects -Global Finance Services Division.**
This role supports the Harmonizer project, which is part of Caterpillar's Global Finance Transformation initiative. This position will be responsible for leading the analyses and governance processes associated with the burden pool (cost allocation) rules workstream within the Harmonizer project. This will also include review and design for allocation rules, indicative data mapping, and legacy system integration. The position plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial data lineage and supporting the transition from legacy systems through the Harmonizer and unified ledger.
The preference for this role is to be based out of **Bangalore -** **Caterpillar Whitefield office-KA**
**What you will do**
This position is part of the Enterprise Cost team, within Caterpillar's Global Finance Services Division. This team is responsible for enterprise reporting and governance processes for product costing methodology, product cost monitoring, and standard costing.
This role supports the Harmonizer project, which is part of Caterpillar's Global Finance Transformation initiative. This position will be responsible for leading the analyses and governance processes associated with the burden pool (cost allocation) rules workstream within the Harmonizer project. This will also include review and design for allocation rules, indicative data mapping, and legacy system integration. The position plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial data lineage and supporting the transition from legacy systems through the Harmonizer and unified ledger.
**What You Will Do:**
+ Support build of the enterprise burden pools solution within the Harmonizer roadmap.
+ Prepare and maintain documentation for allocation rules, mappings, and lineage tracking.
+ Support mapping and transformation of indicative data elements for unified ledger integration.
+ Assist in the reconciliation of financial data across legacy and Harmonizer systems.
+ Collaborate with finance and IT teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial inputs.
+ Participate in testing and validation of rule engine outputs and data transformations.
+ Contribute to continuous improvement of financial data quality and reporting processes.
What you will have
+ Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
+ Systems & Data: Experience with Master Data Management (MDM) cost center processes and governance, financial data mapping, burden pool allocation rules, and reconciliation processes
+ Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from detail financial and numerical material.
+ Time Management: Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
+ Effective Communication: Effective communication skills across finance and technical teams
**What Will Set You Apart:**
+ Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or related field and 6+ years of accounting experience.
+ Strong background and understanding of rule writing for cost allocations in Caterpillar Financial Distribution System (FDS), SAP and/or CBS.
+ Experience supporting finance transformation or data integration projects.
+ Exposure to data lineage tools or financial data governance practices.
**Skills desired:**
**Accuracy and Attention to Detail:** Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
- Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
- Productively balances speed and accuracy.
- Employs techniques for motivating personnel to meet or exceed accuracy goals.
- Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
- Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
**Analytical Thinking:** Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
- Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
- Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
- Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
- Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
- Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
**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 Working Knowledge:
- Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
- Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
- Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
- Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
- Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.
**Effective Communications:** Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
- Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
- Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
- Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
- Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups **.**
**Managing Multiple Priorities:** Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
- Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
- Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
- Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
- Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
- Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.
**Accounting:** Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools; ability to maintain and prepare financial statements and reports using accounting methods and processes.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Utilizes cost monitoring practices, techniques and considerations.
- Works with financial transactions and related documentation within the organization.
- Participates in accounting practices of classifying and recording financial data.
- Maintains existing charts of accounts.
- Follows regulations for entering and reporting the financial content in major accounting systems.
**Financial Analysis:** Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.
Level Extensive Experience:
- 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.
**Financial Reporting:** Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools of financial reporting; ability to create and maintain accurate and thorough financial reports.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Follows organizational practices and guidelines for product profitability reporting.
- Analyzes errors or inaccuracies in financial reports.
- Uses basic tools to create simple financial reports.
- Monitors compliance with organizational standards for financial report writing.
- Implements organizational methods and procedures for financial report writing.
**What you will get:**
+ Work Life Harmony
+ Earned and medical leave.
+ Relocation assistance
**Holistic Development**
+ Personal and professional development through Caterpillar 's employee resource groups across the globe
+ Career developments opportunities with global prospects
**Health and Wellness**
+ Medical coverage -Medical, life and personal accident coverage
+ Employee mental wellness assistance program
**Financial Wellness**
+ Employee investment plan
+ Pay for performance -Annual incentive Bonus plan.
**Additional Information:**
Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)**
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
**Posting Dates:**
September 26, 2025 - October 2, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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