Caterpillar, Inc

Trade Compliance Analyst

Caterpillar, Inc • $97K — $146K *
Irving, TX 75061In-Person
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in trade compliance or related field.
  • Knowledge of international trade regulations and practices.
  • Familiarity with standard operating procedures in compliance frameworks.
  • Strong analytical skills for evaluating compliance documents and processes.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Supports trade compliance assessments and assurance activities.
  • Reviews documentation to identify compliance risks and opportunities for improvement.
  • Collaborates with business partners to gather compliance data and develop corrective actions.
  • Manages assessment documentation and track corrective actions as needed.
  • Prepares analyses and presentation materials for management review.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Paid time off including vacation and holidays
  • 401(k) savings plans with employer matching
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare
  • Tuition reimbursement for continued education
  • Employee assistance program for personal support
  • Career development opportunities to advance professional growth
  • Incentive bonus program based on performance
  • Voluntary benefits and employee discounts available
Full Job Description
Career Area:
Legal and Compliance

Job Description:

Role Definition
Evaluates trade compliance activities, controls, and risk management practices; supports assessments and reviews designed to ensure compliance with applicable global trade laws and strengthen the effectiveness of trade compliance controls, policies, procedures, and risk mitigation activities.

Responsibilities
• Supports trade compliance assessments, reviews, and assurance activities to evaluate the effectiveness of established policies, procedures, controls, and risk mitigation measures.
• Reviews trade compliance activities, documentation, and transactional data to identify compliance risks, control gaps, process weaknesses, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Interacts with business partners to gather information, support assessments, discuss observations, and assist in the development of corrective actions.
• Assists with management of assessment documentation, record-keeping requirements where applicable, corrective action tracking, and preparation of analyses and materials for management review.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors
International Trade: Knowledge of the markets, issues, regulations, practices and operations of international trade; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately in diverse situations.

Level Working Knowledge:
• Works with basic functions and services of international trade.
• Applies international trade knowledge while conducting compliance reviews, assessments, and assurance activities.
• Adheres to export and import regulations as outlined by federal and state regulatory agencies.
• Reviews trade compliance activities to identify potential risks, control weaknesses, and compliance concerns.
• Assesses basic economic and political risks in international trade, e.g. exchange rate risk.
Standard Operating Procedures: Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to increase operational efficiency.

Level Working Knowledge:
• Adjusts SOPs according to changes in organizational and industry procedures.
• Tracks deviations from and modifications to existing SOPs in business operations.
• Ensures compliance with industry standards, regulations and policies.
• Assists in establishing a standard operating procedure based on workflow and environment review.
• Reviews the efficiency of standard operating procedures in terms of performance improvement.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:
• Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
• Productively balances speed and accuracy.
• Employs techniques for motivating personnel to meet or exceed accuracy goals.
• Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

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.

Level Working Knowledge:
• Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
• Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
• Uses analytical techniques and available data to identify meaningful patterns, risk indicators, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

Level Extensive Experience:
• Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
• Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
• Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
• Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
• Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
• Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Extensive Experience:
• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
• Assists in evaluating assessment observations, identifying root causes, and supporting development of corrective actions.
• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company.

Level Extensive Experience:
• Collects, validates, and analyzes information from multiple sources to support trade compliance assessments and reviews.
• Analyzes reports and transactional data to identify trends, anomalies, and potential compliance risks.
• Assists in preparing assessment reports, presentations, and management summaries.
• Supports development and maintenance of compliance metrics, reporting tools, and assessment documentation.
• Reviews and verifies information for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Presents findings and supporting analysis in a clear and understandable manner.

Customer Support Policies, Standards and Procedures: Knowledge of the organization's customer support policies, standards and procedures; ability to guide customers on all company interactions.

Level Working Knowledge:
• Follows standards and procedures that are relevant to one's own function and initiative.
• Provides feedback in order to improve standard procedures.
• Interprets documentation on the policies and standards regarding contact with the customer.
• Contributes to the development and implementation of specific procedures.

Additional Information:

This position requires incumbents to be onsite in the Irving, TX office 5 days per week.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties, and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Summary Pay Range:

$97,530.00 - $146,290.00

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.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:
August 27, 2026 - September 3, 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.

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