Caterpillar, Inc

Risk & Compliance Professional

Caterpillar, Inc$128K — $192K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in risk management, compliance, or related fields.
  • Strong knowledge of audit compliance responsibilities and program management.
  • Proven ability in evaluating and optimizing business processes effectively.
  • Demonstrated project management skills with stakeholder engagement.
  • Extensive experience in data analysis and reporting for compliance purposes.
  • Exceptional relationship management and communication capabilities.
  • Analytical thinking with proficiency in problem definition and solution evaluation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement compliance procedures and internal controls.
  • Review business activities to ensure adherence to compliance standards.
  • Identify risks and vulnerabilities, recommending corrective actions.
  • Develop and revise compliance policies and training programs.
  • Lead compliance education and communications with stakeholders.
  • Use risk management tools to assess exposure across business operations.
  • Conduct compliance project planning, monitoring, and reporting.
  • Analyze compliance data to uncover trends and areas for improvement.
  • Build relationships to support compliance objectives effectively.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Paid time off including vacation and holidays.
  • 401(k) savings plans with employer matching.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) options.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for healthcare expenses.
  • Employee Assistance Program for personal support.
  • Career development programs for ongoing learning.
  • Incentive bonuses based on performance.
  • Disability and life insurance coverage.
  • Parental leave and adoption benefits.
  • Tuition reimbursement opportunities.
Full Job Description
Career Area:
Legal and Compliance

Job Description:

In this role, you will partner with business leaders, legal and compliance stakeholders, audit partners, process owners, and cross-functional teams to assess risk, improve controls, support compliance education, and advance practical solutions that reduce exposure and improve operational effectiveness. You will help design and implement procedures, review activities against internal control standards, support compliance education, develop or revise compliance policies and procedures, and identify vulnerabilities requiring corrective action.

What You Will Do:
  • Design, implement, and improve daily compliance procedures, internal control practices, and business processes that support risk mitigation and operational consistency.
  • Review and assess business activities against internal control standards, compliance expectations, and enterprise ethical requirements.
  • Identify potential risk and compliance vulnerabilities, recommend corrective action plans, and provide guidance to help prevent recurring issues.
  • Develop, initiate, and revise compliance policies, procedures, and related program activities for the business unit or assigned area.
  • Lead or support compliance-related education, follow-up training, and stakeholder communications related to regulations, policies, procedures, and emerging trends.
  • Apply risk management tools, models, benchmarks, and audit mechanisms to assess and control exposure across business activities.
  • Facilitate compliance-related process implementation or improvement initiatives and contribute to audit and compliance strategies, plans, and best practices.
  • Plan, organize, monitor, and control compliance projects, including project estimation, staffing, risk identification, status reporting, and stakeholder communication.
  • Gather, analyze, validate, and report compliance-related data to identify trends, issues, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Build productive relationships with clients, vendors, peers, business partners, and support teams to advance compliance objectives and resolve issues effectively.


What You Will Have:
  • Risk Management: Extensive experience applying risk management processes, tools, models, benchmarks, audit mechanisms, and business-specific risk practices.
  • Audit and Compliance Function: Extensive knowledge of audit and compliance responsibilities, including compliance program management, process improvement, and ability to develop and support a complex Trade Compliance environment.
  • Process Management: Extensive experience evaluating, diagnosing, optimizing, and improving business processes, including the ability to make a business case for new processes.
  • Project Management: Extensive experience planning, staffing, organizing, monitoring, and reporting on projects while identifying risks and maintaining communication with stakeholders.
  • Data Gathering and Reporting: Extensive experience analyzing complex reports, overseeing data-gathering initiatives, developing reporting criteria, and verifying data accuracy.
  • Relationship Management: Extensive experience communicating expectations, negotiating business relationships, conducting reviews, maintaining productive relationships, and enabling healthy collaboration.
  • Analytical Thinking: Working knowledge of problem definition, comparative solution analysis, meaningful data pattern identification, and root cause evaluation.
  • Effective Communications: Working knowledge of clear written and verbal communication, report writing, presentation delivery, feedback exchange, and audience-appropriate messaging.


What Will Set You Apart:
  • Experience supporting enterprise compliance programs, internal controls, audit readiness, regulatory compliance, ethics programs, or business risk management.
  • Experience with trade compliance, internal reviews, compliance testing, risk and control self-assessments, policy governance, or corrective action management.
  • Experience translating complex compliance, audit, or risk information into clear guidance for business stakeholders.
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives that require influence without direct authority, stakeholder alignment, issue resolution, and executive-ready reporting.
  • Experience using data, dashboards, metrics, and reporting to identify compliance trends, monitor controls, and support risk-based decision making.


Summary Pay Range:

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

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:
August 11, 2026 - August 24, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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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.

Caterpillar, Inc. Careers

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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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