Entry Level Accountant

Caterpillar Inc.

Entry Level Accountant developing financial reports and analyses at Caterpillar. Collaborating on financial projects and gaining essential accounting experience and skills.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timePeoria • California, Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry Level💰 $81,370 - $122,060 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responding to inquiries and contacting other departments or vendors to resolve a variety of problems.
Creating reports on financial performance for internal and external use.
Upon request, take part in special projects and ad hoc reporting requests.
Estimate various forecast and budget scenarios as needed based on changing business conditions.
Specifies, builds, maintains, and runs data extracts from various subsystems that contain account-level information depicting the structure of the balance sheet.
Produces a daily balance sheet to assist the trading desk in the management of the current liquidity position of the company.
Posting entries, verifying, and reconciling input to financial reporting systems.
Processing payments and assisting in preparation of billings and other financial reports.
Entering transactions and reconciling various reports.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree at 4-year accredited university/college in one of the following degree programs: Data Analytics, or IT with a concentration Accounting with 18 semester hours of core accounting courses.
Minimum 3.0/4.0 GPA (both Accounting GPA & Cumulative GPA).

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data ExtractionFinancial AnalysisBudget ForecastingReconciliationTransaction Processing

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingCommunication