Career Area:
Finance
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.
IT IS YOUR TIME!
Caterpillar Inc. is 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 nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
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.
If you are looking for personal and professional growth, in a company with an inclusive culture, which seeks equity, respects differences and believes in people's potential, this is the right place. We consider people with disability candidates and those with diversity in gender, culture, ethnicity, religion, age, generation, race, nationality and sexual orientation.
**Important: **
- Don’t forget to include a resumé in English in your profile in Workday
**- Please check your application status directly in the Workday system, as this is our primary method of communication. All updates regarding your application will be reflected there. **
What you will do:
- Governance of the Cost Leadership strategy at Caterpillar Brazil, in close partnership with leadership and Product Groups, ensuring consistency, cadence, and results.
- Drive enterprise alignment of the cost strategy, providing directional leadership to cross functional teams, including Business, Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and other relevant business areas.
- Coordinate, prioritize, and govern cost reduction initiatives and opportunity pipelines, ensuring alignment between operational execution and financial targets.
- Lead and structure cost leadership forums, including agenda definition, performance tracking, decision follow up, and action closure.
- Monitor and consolidate cost performance, savings realization, and opportunity tracking, ensuring transparency, data accuracy, and clear communication to leadership.
- Promote standardization, continuous improvement, and best practice sharing across product lines and manufacturing sites.
Skills:
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
**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.
**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.
**Financial Reporting: **Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools of financial reporting; ability to create and maintain accurate and thorough financial reports.
What You Have:
Bachelor’s degree (preferably Accounting, Administration or Economics).
Pre-advanced English.
Top candidates will also have:
Advanced/ Fluent English.
Project Management experience or certification
Note: This position requires the candidate to work onsite five days a week.
Some of the offered benefits:*
·Medical plan
·Dental plan
·Medicines reimbursement
·Psychological, Legal, Social and Finance Support Program
·Private pension plan
·Profit share
·Meal assistance
·Christmas basket
·Transportation
·Life and personal insurance
·Extended maternity and paternity leave
·Employee resources group (Young Professional, Women in Networking, LAMBDA (LGBTQIA+), Latin Group and Active in Sport
*Caterpillar reserves the right to change or modify benefits at any time, subject prior notice and in compliance with legal requirements. Benefit elegibility may vary by position and location
The Recruitment & Selection area emphasizes that it does not use personal emails and/or emails from other domains (@gmail, @hotmail, etc.) to contact candidates. Available vacancies are only advertised through the company's official channels (www.caterpillar.com/careers.html; https://www.linkedin.com/company/caterpillar-inc), and official Caterpillar emails are mandatory followed by the domain @cat.com. Also, the company does not request any type of payment (bank transfer, pix, etc.) for the purposes of the selection process. For more information click on the link: https://www.caterpillar.com/pt/careers/apply-now/help.html
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This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:
May 7, 2026 - May 12, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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