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Contract Administrator - Bilingual

Caterpillar1 day ago
Burlington, ON
Mid Level
full_time
contract

About the role

Career Area:

Finance

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.

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

Our common values and focus on inclusion and respect drive the decisions made by our company, teams and people. This is why we are committed to hiring and building diverse teams representative of the customers we serve globally. When you join our team, you can apply your unique life and job experiences and work in an environment where your ideas are heard, your contributions are celebrated, and your whole-self matters.

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.

About Cat Financial

Cat Financial is a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For more than 40 years, Cat Financial has provided a wide range of financing solutions to customers and Cat® dealers for machines, engines, Solar® gas turbines, genuine Cat parts and services. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Cat Financial serves customers globally with offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa. Visit cat.com to learn more about Cat Financial.

Role Definition

Reporting to the Documentation Support Manager, we are looking for an individual to join our Caterpillar Financial Team in Canada as a Bilingual Contract Administrator, preparing and analyzing contracts by collecting data, communicating with stakeholders, resolving documentation errors, and guiding best practice implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Collecting, analyzing, entering information to prepare contracts.
  • Communicating with customers, dealers and sales team on contract process details.
  • Analyzing errors on records and updating documentation processes and procedures to improve accuracy rate.
  • Providing guidance on the implementation of documentation best practices within a specific unit.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired.

Bilingualism

Bilingual proficiency in French is required – verbal and written.

Skill Descriptors

Information Capture: Knowledge of the methods, channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify, capture and document relevant business information in an auditable, organized, understandable and easily retrievable manner.

  • Follows defined procedures to document all routine information.
  • Identifies relevant established standards, policies and practices.
  • Fulfills routine information capture needs in own area.
  • Uses automated tools to capture, organize and archive relevant information.
  • Cites examples of different types of relevant information that need to be captured.

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

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

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

  • Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
  • Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
  • Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
  • Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
  • Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
  • Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Initiative: Being proactive and committing to action on self-identified job responsibilities and challenges; ability to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals.

  • Identifies and exploits own strengths; minimizes limitations.
  • Provides appropriate degrees of attention to both personal and professional priorities.
  • Explains how own motivation relates to the workplace.
  • Utilizes available tools or approaches for increasing knowledge of self-motivation.
  • Learns and uses resources the organization has to assess and enhance team motivation.

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.

  • Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.
  • Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.
  • Completes current work according to assigned priorities.
  • Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.

Data Entry Management: Knowledge of data entry management; ability to manage data entry and report the results during daily work.

  • Maintains the roster of internal and external sources, services and vendors.
  • Works in a data entry operations center or role.
  • Documents operation reports or problems in the data entry process.
  • Participates in major data entry operations department or roles.
  • Reviews contractual, legal, and ethical access considerations and obligations.

Internal Controls: Knowledge of concept, methods, and processes of internal control; ability to create, implement, evaluate and enhance processes in internal controls.

  • Lists the specific internal controls that are being used within the organization.
  • Explains the rationale behind having proper internal controls in place.
  • Names specific aspects within the organization's business where internal controls are required.
  • Identifies specific governmental regulations that mandate particular internal controls.

Contracts Review: Knowledge of the contractual and legal matters related to expenditures (consulting services, maintenance, agreements, acquisitions, outsourcing, etc.); ability to evaluate, interpret and improve the language used in contractual agreements.

  • Identifies existing agreements and contracts for products and services.
  • Cites examples of contract clauses that must be complied with.
  • Summarizes major types of existing contracts.
  • Identifies and interprets simple contracts and corresponding legal reports.

Additional Information

  • Relocation and sponsorship not offered.
  • Applications accepted until 11:59pm EDT Tuesday October 7 2025

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), we will work to provide accommodations throughout the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.

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. #LI

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.

Additional Information:

  • We are hiring to fill a new position.

Posting Dates:

September 30, 2025 - October 7, 2025

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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About Caterpillar

Machinery Manufacturing
5001-10,000

Caterpillar has been building world-changing solutions for more than 90 years. With offices and facilities in more than 180 countries, what you create at Caterpillar travels and helps people around the world.

Our teams treat each other—as well as customers—with integrity, accountability and courtesy. Our employees have built Caterpillar’s reputation as one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” (Fortune Magazine), “40 Best Companies for Leaders” (Chief Executive Magazine) and a “Top 50 Employer” (Woman Engineer Magazine).

To help our team thrive, we provide a competitive benefits package, useful tools, knowledge-sharing, leadership and career development and a positive culture.

Employees think Caterpillar is a "great company that allows room for growth if you apply yourself." People who work here also like that they get to "work on initiatives that are changing how the company does business.".

At Caterpillar your success is our success. Are you ready to do work that matters?