Manager Facility Finance and Administration

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead financial advisor for assigned shops, building strong partnerships with plant managers and shop leadership team.
• Develop and continuously improve financial analysis and key operating metrics reporting at the repair facilities.
• Translate financial results into operational insights: identify cost trends, drivers, and savings opportunities.
• Use dashboards and analytics to communicate findings in a clear and visual manner.
• Support the capital spending reporting and analysis processes for the facilities
• Ensure accuracy and consistency in reporting of productivity, efficiency, utilization, standard hours, repair revenue, and other key metrics across the facilities, working closely with the Fleet Maintenance Management (“FMM”) team.
• Ensure FMM audit results are accurately reflected in facility performance metrics.
• Review and maintain fixed asset registers for the facility along with related reporting and controls
• Work with Accounting, FP&A and Internal Audit groups on financial compliance and controls activities as required.
• Lead the contract administration and real estate/property management functions for the assigned facilities
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting and planning processes for the assigned facilities.
• Partner with operations to gather assumptions and inputs for shop-level budgets and forecasts.
• Analyze monthly and quarterly variances between actuals and budget; provide root cause commentary and suggest corrective actions.
• Aid in the budget and analysis of capital investments, including cost savings related to potential investments.
• Drive accuracy and accountability in financial planning processes.
• Provide financial analysis support related to capital investments, potential cost savings opportunities and other ad hoc items.
• Provide facility finance insights and support the development of financial data and analysis for investment evaluations, in alignment with the GATX capital investment process.
• Monitor actual capital spend versus plan and report on progress and variances.
• Track and monitor the capital project process.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree required in Accounting or Finance
• CPA or MBA with a concentration in Finance and/or Accounting desired
• A strong understanding of accounting principles, prior experience in a cost accounting role strongly preferred
• 8+ years of experience with accounting and financial analysis in a service/maintenance or plant manufacturing environment preferred
• Strong business acumen and ability to explain financials to non-finance leaders
• 10-15% travel required for support of multiple facilities, management meetings and projects

Pay

As of the post date, the salary range for this position is: $92,700.00 USD - $139,000.00 USD

Benefits

This role may be eligible to participate in the Company’s short-term incentive plan, the details of which will be provided to the applicant upon hire.