Pricing & NPR Forecasting Accountant

Caterpillar Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Finance professional focused on Net Price Realization forecasting and business insights for Resource Industries. You will translate pricing actions, dealer behavior, product mix, and market dynamics into actionable forecasts to drive profitable growth and informed decisions.

You will collaborate with Pricing, Sales, Product Groups, Commercial Teams, and Finance to understand drivers of realized pricing and to deliver timely NPR insights for leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience in pricing, commercial finance, sales analytics, forecasting, profitability analysis, or FP&A.
• Experience developing business forecasts, scenario models, and performance reporting for a large organization.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills, including formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data validation, and large-data analysis.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake, SQL, SAP, or similar platforms.
• Experience automating reporting processes and creating dashboards that improve business visibility and decision-making.
• Strong understanding of price realization, margin performance, sales trends, and drivers.
• Knowledge of mining, construction, industrial equipment, manufacturing, or dealer-distribution models is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain NPR forecasts by analyzing pricing, sales, volume, product mix, escalation, programs, and market trends.
• Monitor actual pricing performance against forecasts and explain drivers.
• Partner with Pricing, Sales, Product Groups, Commercial Teams, and Finance to understand factors influencing realized pricing performance.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc NPR reports for leadership and key stakeholders.
• Analyze sales transactions, quote activity, price realization, discounts, escalations, and market conditions to improve forecasts.
• Develop forecasting models, scenario analyses, and business assumptions for annual planning and outlooks.
• Create, maintain, and enhance dashboards and reporting solutions consolidating NPR performance.
• Evaluate forecast accuracy, identify root causes of deviations, and recommend improvements.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews with NPR performance summaries and insights.

Skills

Pricing knowledge

Forecasting

Data analytics

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication

Decision making

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or closely related discipline

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Snowflake

SQL

SAP

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Finance professional focused on Net Price Realization forecasting and business insights for Resource Industries. You will translate pricing actions, dealer behavior, product mix, and market dynamics into actionable forecasts to drive profitable growth and informed decisions.

You will collaborate with Pricing, Sales, Product Groups, Commercial Teams, and Finance to understand drivers of realized pricing and to deliver timely NPR insights for leadership.