Hybrid Joint Facility Contracts & Compliance Manager

CN; Homewood (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CN seeks an experienced finance professional to manage all financials for joint facility contracts across its U.S. territory, collaborating with Operations, Marketing, Business Development and Real Estate to support customer-centric, data-informed decisions.

You will analyze contracts, draft and negotiate operating agreements, lead annual budgets, and provide strategic guidance to drive cost savings and carload growth while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of railroading experience.
• Experience in railroad operating agreements.
• Experience in finance or accounting.
• Candidates with equivalent practical experience, education, or training will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, produce, and audit financial aspects of joint facility agreements within the assigned territory.
• Perform monthly and annual financial audits on joint facility contracts in the United States (U.S.), including Western Canada payables.
• Research and interpret existing operating agreements and amendments with foreign carriers and customers.
• Manage monthly closing by analysing financials and ensuring CN is properly reported.
• Produce the annual joint facility budget.
• Negotiate and draft new operating agreements and amendments.
• Collaborate with senior management on operational strategy development.
• Provide guidance on requests from Operations, Marketing, and Business Development pertaining to joint facility operating and interline agreements.
• Oversee derailment financials and liability.
• Suggest operational changes to drive cost savings.
• Establish relationships with current and prospective partners to grow CN carloads.
• Amend existing shortline operating agreements to drive additional carload revenue.
• Analyse the financials of new third-party, interplant, and shortline initiatives to drive additional carload revenue.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Coordination

Conflict management

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Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Law, Finance, or Accounting

Tools

SAP

SRS

GIS

Business Objects

Railinc

E-business

Job description

CN seeks an experienced finance professional to manage all financials for joint facility contracts across its U.S. territory, collaborating with Operations, Marketing, Business Development and Real Estate to support customer-centric, data-informed decisions.

You will analyze contracts, draft and negotiate operating agreements, lead annual budgets, and provide strategic guidance to drive cost savings and carload growth while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.