Supervisor Shop Accounting

Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for the accounting close/reconciliation, planning/forecasting and reporting/analysis of local Repair Shop Operations. Partner with the local Shop Leadership and pertinent functions at Corporate (Equipment, Finance, and Supply Chain) to work towards these objectives. Work collaboratively with internal TTX departments to create and manage value-added reporting as well as track against key performance indicators (KPIs) as they relate to shop production, labor and overhead expenses.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, develop and manage all Finance functions and personnel (as applicable) at local Repair Shop Operations. Maintain a culture of effective controls, meaningful analytics, strong operational support and efficient processes.
• Provide budget leadership, decision support & financial insight to the Shop Leadership. Work directly with leadership to make informed business decisions, evaluate budgets, and drive business improvement.
• Ensure the delivery of timely and accurate monthly accounting close and financial and operational reports. Maintain monthly account reconciliations.
• Bring expertise in competitive intelligence, best practices, financial analysis and deep data analysis to bear on developing and overseeing the initiation of strategic recommendations.
• Inform the design and development of relevant dashboard metrics and financial models to execute trend and variance analysis of key financial metrics and KPIs related to local shop performance.
• Provide day-to-day support and assistance related to financial systems as well as ad hoc analysis as needed

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Data Visualization: Skills to present data in a pictorial or graphical format to enable decision makers to see analytics presented visually and grasp difficult concepts or identify new patterns.
• Data Interpretation: Skills to correctly extract, analyze and intuit meaningful information or data from the various data sources such as structured and unstructured dataset, charts, tables, graphs, etc.
• Data Storytelling: Skills to build a narrative around a set of data and its related visualizations to convey the findings from the analysis and allowing individuals to understand complex aspects and use them to take action against the issues.
• Data Manipulation: Skills to change and organize data by applying logic and calculations to make the resulting dataset easier to read and present.
• Constructs financial models
• Maintains proficiency with tools and statistical modeling techniques (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Hyperion, Essbase and Business Objects)
• Understands and applies costing techniques
• Builds clear, accurate, and repeatable forecast models
• Develops and integrates budgets for multiple functional areas
• Analyzes and reports performance metrics to management
• Applies a broad range of analytical techniques to identify business issues, opportunities and risks
• Discovers new and interesting patterns across data sets using cluster analysis, dependencies, and anomaly detection
• Uses Financial Systems
• Applies a wide variety of advanced statistical, mathematical, and market research techniques
• Leverages data mining techniques to forecast future trends and probabilities
• Challenges investment assumptions used to develop metrics (e.g., IRR, NPV, ROI, etc.)
• Works with multiple, inconsistent data sets from across the organization
• Extracts insight from disparate sources of data
• Shifts analyses between Excel and analytical data tools
• Assists non-financial partners in interpreting complex analyses

PREFERRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Data Quality Management: Skills to use metadata, reference data, application logs, data catalogs and technologies (e.g., ML, knowledge graphs, NLP) to search for data, identify and fix mistakes, ensure validity, and sync with raw dataset.
• Data Bias Detection: Skills to identify bias that occurs during data source identification, data collection and data processing, which could later feed into the ML's training model.
• Process Mapping: Skills to visually describe using flowcharts the detailed flow of a process.
• Legacy Process and Systems familiarity: Ability to help deal people and teams with the transition or transformation of an organization's or function's goals, processes, tools or technologies.
• Change Management: Ability to help deal people and teams with the transition or transformation of an organization's or function's goals, processes, tools or technologies.
• Synthesizes and simplifies financial and non-financial data
• Monitors accuracy and predictive validity of existing models forecast)
• Monitors and communicates budget performance against pre-set targets
• Ensures alignment between operating budget and strategic plan
• Maintains familiarity and ability to use mass database skills
• Ensures assumptions underlying performance targets are well-grounded in reality while driving for stretch results
• Identifies metrics that drive performance against strategic priorities
• Streamlines business reviews to focus management on the most critical risks and opportunities
• Designs end-to-end models, which include identifying objectives, sampling, testing, calibration, and monitoring performance
• Generates statistical models that can capture and quantify risks and opportunities
• Generates reports with customized data parameters to aid decision making
• Evaluates tradeoffs within a diverse portfolio of existing and proposed growth projects
• Uses machine learning techniques

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors in Finance, Economics, Management or Accounting; Masters and / or CPA preferable but not required
• Over 5 years of financial analysis, general accounting and/or FP&A experience, with preferred background in an Operational Finance or Shop Accounting
• Strong interpersonal skills in particular able to engage comfortably with senior executives and remain poised and articulate under stressful interactions; skilled at operating in a matrix reporting relationship
• Working knowledge of business processes, financial modeling, and systems-oriented FP&A experience, including the ability to create and support financial / investment recommendations using common financial metrics (e.g. WACC, ROI, NPV, IRR, etc.)
• Experience with Oracle ERP and EPM could preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to write complex reports, investment business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists as well as more abstract issues and solutions
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and self-organize then follow-through on multiple sometimes heavy simultaneous projects

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
(The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
General office environment; may be required to travel. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit (remain stationary within work area) and use hands to finger, handle, feel, and reach. The employee is occasionally required to move about (stand, walk). The employee must occasionally lift and/or transport up to 10 pounds. Correctable vision required for close, distance, and color vision capabilities.
The above job description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.
About Us
TTX Company is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX's pool of railcars is ideal for supporting shippers in the intermodal, automotive, paper & forest, metals, machinery, wind energy and other markets where flatcars, boxcars and gondolas are required.
TTX's generous Total Rewards package includes Paid Time Off, Health, Dental and Vision benefits, and 401(k) with company match. This position participates in Railroad Retirement.
TTX Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
About the Team
What we do:
Maintain a strong financial backbone and credibility in the industry to ensure that TTX has cost effective access to capital to operate and grow our business. We accomplish the goal through four areas of focus:

• Preserve and grow our financial health - By delivering on a conservative financial plan, effectively managing leverage, allocating capital, and driving appropriate profitability we maintain the confidence in TTX that exists with all of our major stakeholders (Board of Directors/Railroads, External auditors, rating agencies, lenders and industry partners)
• Manage risk and improve efficiency
• Oversee control and compliance
• Provide business insight Did you know?
• TTX files almost 400 tax returns per year.
• TTX spent $880 million on railcars in 2018
• TTX processes over 50,000 invoices for payment per year
• TTX makes over 45,000 in revenue claims per year