Dir Financial Planning & Analysis - 90000521 - Washington

Amtrak; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 163,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Amtrak is looking for a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis based in Washington, D.C., to oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. This role involves working closely with business units to provide insights and strategic recommendations to support financial goals. The ideal candidate will have strong financial modeling skills and the ability to communicate effectively with senior management.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

401K retirement plan with employer match

Paid time off and wellness programs

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant FP&A experience.
• Knowledge of US GAAP.
• Experience in creating financial models and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop budgets and forecasts for financial planning.
• Analyze financial performance trends and variances.
• Create executive level presentations to communicate results.

Skills

Financial reporting

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Dir Financial Planning & Analysis - 90000521 - Washington

Join to apply for the Dir Financial Planning & Analysis - 90000521 - Washington role at Amtrak

Dir Financial Planning & Analysis - 90000521 - Washington

Join to apply for the Dir Financial Planning & Analysis - 90000521 - Washington role at Amtrak

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

Work Location: This role can be based out of Philadelphia, PA or Washington, DC or Wilmington, DE

Summary Of Duties

The Director is a key member of the Financial Planning & Analysis team tasked with providing financial reporting activities for assigned areas of the Corporate Finance Department. Key duties include budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, financial modeling, business partnering, financial reporting and creating executive level presentations to assist the company in meeting financial and business goals in the most cost-efficient manner.

This position is expected to serve as a positive role model and to perform all responsibilities with a commitment to providing superior service to Amtrak’s departments and an atmosphere of teamwork and continuous improvement. Above all, the Dir. Financial Planning & Analysis Manager must fulfill the needs of Amtrak in a manner which is consistent with the Amtrak’s core values.

Essential Functions

• Develop annual plan, monthly forecasts and 5-year plan for operating expenses, capital expenditures and headcount.
• Analyze monthly department results to maintain expenditure controls and report on variances.
• Perform data-driven financial modeling and analysis and provide recommendations based upon the results (cost efficiencies, etc.).
• Routinely communicate with finance management and business partners regarding financial performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate variance analysis. Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications.
• Identify and analyze new ways to understand underlying financial trends.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key personnel.
• Develop in-depth business cases, design financial models, determine ROI, IRR and other significant financial metrics to provide recommendations to senior management.
• Act as subject matter expert and serve as key point of contact for financials of designated areas.
• Analyze financials, prepare presentations and “tell the story” behind the numbers.
• Identify risks and opportunities to meeting financial goals.
• Create processes and build data driven financial models to improve forecasting, support decision making and create efficiencies
• Create regular and ad hoc financial reports.
• Identify, calculate, track and analyze financial metrics
• Create financial dashboards and scorecards
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics or related field
• 10+ years of progressively increasing relevant FP&A experience and responsibilities
• Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Strong financial reporting, modeling and analytical skills
• Ability to create and maintain excellent working relationships with senior level business partners
• Demonstrated ability to work with ambiguous data/directions and take the initiative to develop meaningful solutions
• Strong oral and written communication skills to be able to prepare, present, and defend financial analyses to senior management
• Ability to multi-task and thrive in an environment where information is required to be provided quickly and accurately
• Experience with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and enterprise financial planning systems
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressively increasing relevant FP&A experience and responsibilities
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration or related field
• Transportation industry experience
  
  

Communications And Interpersonal Skills

Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

The salary/hourly range is $163,000-$211,140. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

Requisition ID:164568

Work Arrangement:06-Onsite Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak.

Relocation Offered:No

Travel Requirements:Up to 25%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR

• 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.
  
  

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C.

• 1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.
  
  

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law..

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Rail Transportation

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