Business Technology Specialist

Caterpillar · San Diego · $120,600–$180,900 (stated in the posting)

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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.

Enterprise Application Ownership

• Serve as the functional lead for invoicing, tax, and finance-related enterprise applications.
• Define business requirements and functional specifications for ERP, tax, and invoicing platforms.
• Collaborate with internal development teams, vendors, tax technology providers, and system integrators.
• Support integrations between ERP, invoicing, tax, procurement, customer, and financial reporting systems.

Invoice-to-Cash Process Excellence

• Drive optimization of end-to-end Invoice-to-Cash processes.
• Identify opportunities for automation, touchless processing, and improved transaction accuracy.
• Improve invoice delivery success rates, payment processing efficiency, and customer experience.
• Partner with Accounts Receivable and Shared Services teams to resolve systemic process challenges.

Tax Technology & Regulatory Compliance

• Support indirect tax, VAT, GST, sales tax, and electronic reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with Corporate Tax to evaluate regulatory changes and assess system impacts.
• Ensure auditability, traceability, and control requirements are incorporated into solution designs.
• Lead compliance testing and validation activities for new implementations and regulatory updates.

Project & Solution Delivery

• Lead requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution design sessions.
• Develop business cases, process models, functional specifications, and implementation roadmaps.
• Manage business testing, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, and deployment readiness activities.
• Support global rollout, change management, training, and hypercare activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise applications, finance systems, invoicing, tax, or business analysis roles.
• 5+ years of experience with INFOR ERP LN 10.7
• Demonstrated experience implementing or supporting electronic invoicing solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Invoice-to-Cash business processes.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into system solutions.
• Experience leading cross-functional and globally dispersed project teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting global electronic invoicing platforms and service providers.

Experience with:

• Infor Cloud Solutions (ION, LSP)
• Vertex
• OneStream
• EDI and customer integration platforms
• Knowledge of international invoicing and indirect tax regulations.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, or multinational organizations.
• SAFe, Agile, or equivalent methodologies.

Critical Success Factors

The successful candidate will:

• Establish a scalable global invoicing framework that supports business growth and regulatory compliance.
• Reduce compliance risks associated with international electronic invoicing mandates.
• Improve invoice automation, processing efficiency, and customer experience.
• Drive standardization across regions while accommodating country-specific requirements.
• Enable successful deployment of new global invoicing and tax technology capabilities.
• Serve as Solar's trusted enterprise applications subject matter expert for invoicing and tax compliance.

Summary Pay Range:

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 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

Posting Dates:

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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