Accountant

Energy Innovation Corp; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 68,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Dedicated learning time for new tools

Job summary

Caterpillar is looking for an Accountant in Milwaukee to transform raw financial data into a board-ready narrative. The role offers a salary range of $68,000–$93,000, full benefits, and dedicated weekly time to learn new DCF analysis and internal audit tools.

With 3+ years of process improvement in finance and a willingness to relocate to Milwaukee, you will own core finance processes and interact with auditors and contract teams to ensure precise, timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Variance analysis experience in a finance setting.
• Strong financial analysis skills.
• Proven ability to drive process improvements in finance.
• Experience working with contract teams.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Turn quarter-end into the calmest week of the finance cycle
• Run weekly cash positioning and short-term borrowing decisions
• Walk auditors through documentation so clean it answers itself
• Reconcile equity rollforwards so the cap table never argues with the books
• Validate revenue recognition in line with current accounting standards
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment

Skills

Variance analysis

Financial analysis

Process improvement

Contract team experience

Analytical problem solving

Job description

If you can turn raw finance data into a board-ready narrative, Caterpillar has an Accountant chair waiting in Milwaukee. Think $68,000 - $93,000, think contract hours, think 3 years of Process Improvement turning into ownership you can actually feel at Caterpillar.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn quarter-end into the calmest week of the finance cycle
• Run weekly cash positioning and short-term borrowing decisions
• Walk auditors through documentation so clean it answers itself
• Reconcile equity rollforwards so the cap table never argues with the books
• Validate revenue recognition in line with current accounting standards
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment

What You'll Bring

• Prior experience working on-site in Milwaukee, WI, or willingness to relocate
• Hands-on Variance Analysis experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• Resilience measured across 3 years of finance cycles
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a fast-moving contract team
• 5+ years putting Process Improvement to work in a finance setting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Caterpillar is the kind of nimble Milwaukee company that finance engineers leave their old jobs to join. Around here, "I don't know yet" is a perfectly respectable sentence and often the start of something good.

• We provide a $68,000 - $93,000 salary, full benefits, and dedicated time each week to learn new DCF Analysis and Internal Audit tools.

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