Caterpillar, Inc

Associate Director Corporate Development

Caterpillar, Inc$172K — $258K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in corporate development, M&A, or strategic finance roles
  • Advanced financial and accounting knowledge
  • Experience evaluating investment risks and applying valuation methods
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills
  • Excellent strategic judgment and analytical ability
  • Expert project management across complex initiatives

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end execution of M&A and strategic partnerships
  • Collaborate with business units on sourcing and evaluating opportunities
  • Build relationships with sell-side advisors for transaction sourcing
  • Manage cross-functional teams for due diligence processes
  • Guide post-close integration to maximize value from transactions
  • Translate complex information into actionable recommendations for senior leadership

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off (vacation, holidays, volunteer time)
  • 401(k) savings plan
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Employee Assistance Programs
  • Career development opportunities
  • Incentive bonuses
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Parental leave and adoption assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement programs
Full Job Description
Career Area:
Strategy

Job Description:

Join Caterpillar's corporate development team in a high-impact role focused on executing complex growth and portfolio initiatives across mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and divestitures. This position helps shape enterprise value by leading transaction workstreams from opportunity evaluation and financial analysis through due diligence, deal structuring, internal approvals, negotiation support, and integration planning. You will partner across business units and strategy teams to assess strategic alternatives, quantify value creation, and move opportunities from pipeline through post-close execution.

What You Will Do:
  • Lead and support end-to-end execution across mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and divestiture processes, including opportunity evaluation, financial analysis, due diligence, transaction structuring, deal negotiations, internal approval processes, and integration planning and execution.
  • Partner with business units and strategy teams to support pipeline development, sourcing, and evaluation of potential mergers and acquisitions opportunities and strategic alternatives.
  • Build and maintain relationships with sell-side advisors, including investment banks and accounting or consulting firms, to source opportunities and facilitate review of inbound transactions.
  • Drive and manage cross-functional teams across the enterprise to complete technical, commercial, and financial due diligence on potential targets.
  • Lead and assist post-close integration planning with business units to help capture strategic and operational value from completed transactions.
  • Translate complex financial and strategic information into credible, decision-ready business recommendations for senior stakeholders, using strong judgment, strategic thinking, and influencing skills.


What You Will Have:
  • Strong corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, or strategic finance experience with the ability to assess transactions from both financial and strategic perspectives.
  • Advanced knowledge of finance and accounting practices, including cost-benefit analysis, return on investment, financial analysis, and financial modeling.
  • Demonstrated experience evaluating investment risks, applying valuation methods, and comparing target performance with competitors.
  • Strong negotiation and influencing capability, including the ability to present cost, benefit, risk, and tradeoff considerations in a persuasive and collaborative way.
  • Excellent strategic thinking and judgment, with the ability to analyze conflicting inputs, support long-term competitiveness, and make defensible recommendations.
  • Expert-level project management capability across high-risk, high-cost, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders.


Top Candidates Will Have:
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Experience working at or with investment banks, accounting firms, and consulting firms in transaction environments.
  • Experience with post-close integration planning and execution across business units.
  • Experience designing or standardizing diligence frameworks, checklists, or governance processes for complex transactions.
  • Additional depth in financial modeling, statement analysis, valuation, analytical thinking, industry knowledge, and mergers and acquisitions.


Summary Pay Range:

$172,630.00 - $258,950.00

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 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.

Posting Dates:
June 29, 2026 - July 10, 2026

About Caterpillar, Inc

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Learn more about Caterpillar, Inc
Size
107,700 employees
Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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