Sustainability Risk & Compliance Professional

Solar Turbines; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Sustainability Compliance & Risk Analyst to strengthen governance across data, reporting, and controls.

You will help collect, validate, and monitor sustainability data, align it with internal policies and regulatory requirements, and drive continuous improvement in data quality. You will analyze risk signals, support compliance reporting, and help build scalable data and reporting frameworks that enable informed decision-making among stakeholders across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, Sustainability, or related field.
• Early experience in data reporting, compliance, risk, or process support.
• Strong attention to detail with ability to validate and manage structured and unstructured data.
• Working knowledge of data visualization and process mapping tools (Power BI, Tableau, Visio).
• Basic analytical, problem-solving, and data interpretation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support collection, validation, and monitoring of compliance and sustainability data.
• Assess data alignment to internal controls, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and control weaknesses.
• Contribute to documentation and standardization of reporting processes.
• Analyze data to identify compliance, operational, and reporting risks.
• Support development and tracking of mitigation and corrective actions.
• Assist in evaluating risk trends, indicators, and reporting outputs.
• Contribute to improving visibility of risks through data-driven insights.
• Support development and maintenance of data-aligned policies and procedures.
• Ensure reporting practices align with regulatory, audit, and business needs.
• Assist in evaluating effectiveness of compliance reporting frameworks.
• Contribute to scalable, repeatable governance and reporting structures.
• Analyze reporting processes to identify inefficiencies and improvement areas.
• Support process mapping, data flow documentation, and optimization.
• Assist in gathering, analyzing, and reporting compliance-related data.
• Contribute to automation and standard work for consistent reporting.
• Support communication of data insights, risks, and reporting outputs to stakeholders.
• Assist in compliance education through data-driven examples and reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally to clarify data requirements and expectations.
• Prepare summaries, dashboards, and reports to support decision-making.

Skills

Data analysis

Data interpretation

Process mapping

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, Sustainability, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Visio

Job description

Career Area:

Legal and Compliance

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.

The Sustainability Compliance & Risk Analyst supports enterprise reporting and governance by ensuring sustainability and compliance data is accurate, complete, and aligned to internal controls and regulatory requirements. This role focuses on identifying data-driven risks, strengthening reporting processes, and enabling continuous improvement in data quality, policies, and controls.

Working under guidance, this individual helps analyze risk signals within data, supports compliance reporting and education efforts, and contributes to building scalable, well-governed data and reporting frameworks across the business.

What You Will Do

Compliance Data & Internal Controls

• Support collection, validation, and monitoring of compliance and sustainability data
• Assess data alignment to internal controls, policies, and regulatory requirements
• Identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and control weaknesses
• Contribute to documentation and standardization of reporting processes

Risk Identification & Data Analysis

• Analyze data to identify compliance, operational, and reporting risks
• Support development and tracking of mitigation and corrective actions
• Assist in evaluating risk trends, indicators, and reporting outputs
• Contribute to improving visibility of risks through data-driven insights

Policy & Reporting Frameworks

• Support development and maintenance of data-aligned policies and procedures
• Ensure reporting practices align with regulatory, audit, and business needs
• Assist in evaluating effectiveness of compliance reporting frameworks
• Contribute to scalable, repeatable governance and reporting structures

Process Improvement & Reporting Efficiency

• Analyze reporting processes to identify inefficiencies and improvement areas
• Support process mapping, data flow documentation, and optimization
• Assist in gathering, analyzing, and reporting compliance-related data
• Contribute to automation and standard work for consistent reporting

Education, Communication & Stakeholder Support

• Support communication of data insights, risks, and reporting outputs to stakeholders
• Assist in compliance education through data-driven examples and reporting
• Partner cross-functionally to clarify data requirements and expectations
• Prepare summaries, dashboards, and reports to support decision-making

What You Will Have

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, Sustainability, or related field
• Early experience in data reporting, compliance, risk, or process support
• Strong attention to detail with ability to validate and manage structured and unstructured data
• Working knowledge of data visualization and process mapping tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Visio)
• Basic analytical, problem-solving, and data interpretation skills
• Ability to follow defined processes while identifying data and reporting improvements

Top Candidate Will Have

• Experience with sustainability, compliance, or regulatory reporting (e.g., ESG, audit, internal controls)
• Proficiency in Power BI and/or Tableau for dashboarding and data visualization
• Experience using Visio or similar tools to document data flows and reporting processes
• Strong understanding of data quality, governance, and reporting standardization concepts
• Experience supporting process improvement or system/data enhancements
• Ability to translate business requirements into data structures, reports, or insights