Business Solutions Specialist

Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

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.

Our common values and focus on inclusion and respect drive the decisions made by our company, teams, and people. This is why we are committed to hiring and building diverse team representatives of the customers we serve globally. When you join our team, you can apply your unique life and job experiences and work in an environment where your ideas are heard, your contributions are celebrated, and your whole-self matters. 

About Cat Financial  

Cat Financial is a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For more than 40 years, Cat Financial has provided a wide range of financing solutions to customers and Cat® dealers for machines, engines, Solar® gas turbines, genuine Cat parts and services. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Cat Financial serves customers globally with offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa. Visit cat.com to learn more about Cat Financial. 

Role Definition
Provides solutions for IT and business management on applying technology to business opportunities, planning and implementation of cross-functional applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide consulting services to internal finance groups on process improvement projects designed to improve their business results.

• Analyze, define and document client's requirements, and revise existing systems logic challenges, as necessary.

• Monitor client experiences and feedback on the use of Oracle EPM applications; enhance system productivity, as needed.

• Participate in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems that are cost effective and meet business requirements.

Skills Descriptors
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.

• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.

• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.

• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Technology Advising: Knowledge of effective advisory methods and ability to provide valued information and advice to clients regarding products, technologies, services and solutions for a specific technology domain.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Collaborates with an extended professional technology network to help clients effectively identify, plan for and accomplish EPM technology objectives.

• Identifies and evaluates emerging technologies and advises EPM architects and technical leaders regarding their potential business impacts.

• Effectively consults with and conveys technology concepts, business impacts and other advice to senior client levels.

Application Design, Architecture: Knowledge of basic activities and deliverables of application design; ability to utilize application design methodologies, tools and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Participates in application design reviews and walkthroughs.

• Creates and evaluates technical alternatives for complex applications.

• Prepares technical design documents and blueprints for applications.

• Explores and evaluates application design considerations for multiple technologies.

System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases and technology platforms.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Designs and develops applications or technology interfaces

• Documents existing best practices for system or technology integration processes.

• Identifies and quantifies risks of proposed alternatives to a system or technology integration initiative.

• Delivers training on major issues, interfaces, considerations and potential pitfalls and risks.

• Discusses with line areas on data, technology and application integration issues.

System Testing: Knowledge of system and software testing; ability to design, plan and execute system testing strategies and tactics to ensure the quality of software at all stages of the system life cycle.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Participates in the testing of complex, multi-platform and distributed applications.

• Designs processes to ensure that the system meets and maintains requirements and expectations.

Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application, or operation.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Emphasizes the business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution so that problems can be avoided in the future.

• Creates trouble reports for all issues found and reviews solutions for completeness and correctness.

• Directs the resolution of communications problems in multi-vendor environments.

• Resolves a variety of hardware, software, and communications malfunctions.

• Facilitates the distribution of releases reports and correction packages to departments or clients.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:   

• 4-year college or university degree in Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study.

• Strong candidates will also have a minimum of 2 years relevant experience implementing EPM technologies that include, but not limited to – account reconciliations, financial close/consolidations, allocations, planning, budgeting & forecasting.

• Equivalent experience may be substituted for education.

Compensation & Benefits: 

Summary Pay Range:  $94,728.00 - $151,572.00 

 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance, and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.  

Benefits: 

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary of the benefits. 

•  Medical, dental, and vision benefits* 

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.) * 

• 401(k) savings plans* 

• Health Savings Account (HSA)* 

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)* 

• Health Lifestyle Programs* 

• Employee Assistance Program* 

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts* 

• Career Development* 

• Incentive bonus* 

• Disability benefits 

• Life Insurance 

• Parental leave 

• Adoption benefits 

• Tuition Reimbursement    

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees 

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties, and effort required of employees assigned to this job.  At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.  It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

February 24, 2026 - March 3, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.   

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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