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The PSLD Business Resource Tariff Team drives critical financial strategy and duty recovery for Caterpillar amid a dynamic $2.2 billion tariff landscape in 2026.

Rapidly shifting trade policies have transformed global commerce. Our high-performance team serves as a vital enterprise partner across Finance, Trade Operations, Trade Legal, Enterprise Tariff Workstreams, Procurement and business unit leadership. We deliver enterprise-level tariff reporting, accrual support, mitigation analysis, data analytics and duty recovery leadership while simultaneously implementing scalable processes and continuously enhancing our technical capabilities.

• Financial & Recovery Leadership: Support financial accruals and lead enterprise duty-recovery initiatives to protect and optimize bottom-line performance.
• Filing & Dispute Management: Facilitate post-entry filing adjustments and investigate complex entry discrepancies with speed and precision.
• Regulatory Compliance: Validate OneSource software updates driven by new trade regulations, ensuring accurate tariff calculations across operations.
• Cost Mitigation Strategy: Lead data analysis to uncover high-value tariff savings and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Cross-Functional Problem Solving: Guide multi-department teams using root cause analysis to fix operational gaps and launch permanent solutions.
• Deep Data Analytics: Harness Power BI and modern analytics platforms to decode massive, complex import duty datasets and drive proactive recovery and root cause corrective action.
• Enterprise Guidance: Deliver reliable duty interpretations, comprehensive reporting, and actionable insights to various individuals across the company.

• 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.
• Managing Multiple Priorities: Manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
• 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.
• Judgment and Decision Making: Ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.
• Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
• Accounting: Knowledge of accounting methods, processes, and tools; ability to maintain and prepare financial statements and reports using accounting methods and processes.
• Financial Analysis: Knowledge of tools and approaches of financial analysis; ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.

• Financial Reporting: Knowledge of processes, methods, and tools of financial reporting; ability to create and maintain accurate and thorough financial reports

$147,760.00 - $221,640.00

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.

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of 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 position requires working onsite five days a week.Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

August 27, 2026 - September 9, 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.