Senior Director, FP& A – Digital Intelligence

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

While this position is remote, it may include occasional work at a Wabtec office/site or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.

How will you make a difference?

As a member of the Finance FP&A team,  you will be responsible for to help propel the business into its next phase of growth. S/he will play a key role in driving forward-looking analyses, data-driven insights and help influence executive-level strategic decisions. S/he will have the opportunity to work closely with the Executive Team, engage with senior leaders and solve diverse problems that will have a critical impact on businesses near- and long-term success. This individual will lead the budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, implementation, and business strategic analysis. S/he conducts financial analysis, modeling, forecasting and reporting efforts to ensure efficient financial operations. Develops insightful suggestions for investment, sourcing, cost reduction and leads strategic business decisions

What do we want to know about you?

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance (preferred disciplines)
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in a Financial position
• Strong information systems/ERP system experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional areas in the business and with executives
• Good judgment and decision making skills
• Strategic thinking, problem solving and analytical skills
• Interpersonal and supervisory skills, such as coaching, providing feedback, and evaluating performance of subordinates, and the ability to coach and motivate employees
• Driven and passionate; naturally driven with the ability to demonstrate a passion for the business that ensures the achievement of results.
• Hands-on leadership style; highly interactive; equally comfortable in the field and the board room.  Committed to driving change and accountability among direct reports, implementing corporate standard practices and initatives.
• Deals well with ambiguity; can effectively cope with change; can decide and act without having the total picture; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Strong communication skills (written & verbal).

What will your typical day look like?

• Build and maintain detailed financial models and revenue and profit forecasting
• Work with leadership team to align company strategy with performance tracking
• Maintain a dashboard of KPIs summarizing current financial position in a consumable format for various levels of our organization to support transparent communication
• Provide business intelligence reporting that showcase financial diagnostics for projects and business
• Assess and monitor the company’s overall financial health
• Create agile, integrated financial plans that account for multiple scenarios

Consult

• Evaluate current and historical financial data to drive decisions
• Provide fast and accurate financial analysis and advice to the leadership team
• Predict the impact of potential decisions on cash flow and profitability

Budget

• In concert with the relevant stakeholdes, help to develop budgets that consider the external & internal dynamics in context, with the intent to drive growth
• Offer advice to leadership team regarding budget
• Study industry, business, and economic trends to support recommendations

Invest

• Assess and monitor businesses investments
• Analyze trends to reduce financial risks associated with making investment or spending