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VP, Finance Operations & FP&A

dbeconorthamerica
New York
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<div class="content-intro"><p><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">DB E.C.O. North America (with “E.C.O.” </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">representing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8"> “</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">E</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">ngineering, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">C</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">onsulting and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">O</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">perations") offers specialized rail and transit consultancy services to public agencies, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">passenger</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8"> and freight railroads. DB E.C.O. North America is part of the DB E.C.O. Group and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">leverages</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8"> Deutsche Bahn’s global </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">expertise</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8"> to advance mobility and rail transportation across the U.S. and Canada. Their cross-disciplinary team collaborates closely with clients to innovate their portfolios and elevate business performance. With a focus on sustainability, safety, and operational excellence, they strive to enhance the customer experience, increase rail usage, and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8">“Transform </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW73926311 BCX8">The</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8"> Future </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed GrammarErrorHighlight SCXW73926311 BCX8">Of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73926311 BCX8"> Mobility.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW73926311 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></div><p>Department: Finance <br>Reports to: CFO</p>
<p>At DB E.C.O. North America, we are more than just a company — we are a community of forward-thinkers, innovators, and problem-solvers dedicated to shaping the future of rail and transit.</p>
<p><strong>Job Summary:</strong></p>
<p>DB E.C.O. North America is seeking a highly analytical, operationally strong, and technology-oriented finance leader to oversee and continuously evolve the company’s finance operations, FP&amp;A, reporting, governance, and business steering platform during a period of continued growth and organizational scaling.</p>
<p>Reporting directly to the CFO, the Vice President, Finance Operations &amp; FP&amp;A serves as a key member of the Finance &amp; Administration leadership team and acts as a strategic business partner to executive leadership across the organization.</p>
<p>The role is responsible for operating, scaling, and continuously improving the company’s finance operating model across FP&amp;A, accounting operations, treasury, reporting, systems integration, and operational perfor-mance steering. The ideal candidate combines strong financial planning and operational finance capabilities with a modern systems, automation, and process-transformation mindset.</p>
<p>Operating within a dynamic project- and consulting-driven environment, the role plays a critical part in enabling scalable growth, operational transparency, disciplined financial management, and data-driven decision-making across the organization.</p>
<p>The company is seeking a leader who can further scale and continuously enhance a technology-enabled fi-nance and FP&amp;A function capable of supporting the next phase of organizational growth through process standardization, systems integration, automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled workflows.</p>
<p>In addition, the role supports DB US Holding in a dual capacity with responsibility for treasury coordination, tax oversight, and financial governance across U.S. entities, requiring close collaboration with Deutsche Bahn Group headquarters in Germany.</p>
<p><strong>Tasks &amp; Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<p>Financial Planning &amp; Analysis (FP&amp;A), Reporting &amp; Business Steering</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes across the organization</li>
<li>Ensure timely, reliable, and decision-relevant financial and operational reporting across all levels of the business</li>
<li>Maintain and continuously enhance the company’s financial data model, reporting structures, and KPI framework across ERP (Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Business Central), Kantata, Navan, Power BI, and re-lated systems</li>
<li>Ensure consistent KPI definitions and performance measurement standards across the organization</li>
<li>Translate operational, project-level, and commercial data into actionable financial insights and management recommendations</li>
<li>Consolidate business inputs into a consistent financial performance view to support executive decision-making</li>
<li>Partner closely with operational leadership to improve business transparency, forecasting accuracy, productivity, and financial steering</li>
<li>Lead and facilitate key governance forums, including Production Calls and Business Review Meetings, as structured platforms for operational and financial performance management</li>
<li>Continuously improve forecasting methodologies, reporting automation, management dashboards, and operational analytics capabilities</li>
</ul>
<p>Accounting Operations, Close, Audit &amp; Tax</p>
<ul>
<li>Oversee the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial records, reporting, and close processes</li>
<li>Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities under tight reporting timelines</li>
<li>Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, internal controls, governance requirements, and Deutsche Bahn Group policies</li>
<li>Coordinate and oversee financial audits and maintain ongoing audit readiness</li>
<li>Lead coordination of federal, state, and international tax reporting requirements in alignment with group standards</li>
<li>Oversee payroll accounting processes and related reconciliations in close coordination with HR</li>
<li>Continuously strengthen finance governance, controls, reporting quality, and process discipline across the organization</li>
<li>Support the ongoing evolution from person-dependent processes toward scalable and standardized finance operations</li>
</ul>
<p>Treasury, Liquidity &amp; Cash Management</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead treasury operations across multiple U.S. entities, including banking relationships and cash management activities</li>
<li>Ensure cash flow visibility, liquidity planning, and disciplined working capital management</li>
<li>Drive cash conversion performance through alignment of project execution, billing, collections, and financial realization</li>
<li>Oversee AR, AP, WIP/unbilled management, and broader working capital optimization initiatives</li>
<li>Maintain robust payment controls, banking governance, and treasury-related compliance processes</li>
<li>Support automation and process improvement initiatives across treasury and finance operations</li>
</ul>
<p>Systems, Data &amp; Process Management</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead the continuous development and integration of the company’s finance systems and reporting environment</li>
<li>Ensure end-to-end data integrity and consistency across the contract-to-cash lifecycle</li>
<li>Standardize and continuously improve finance processes across project management, ERP, reporting, billing, forecasting, and treasury workflows</li>
<li>Drive automation, scalability, operational efficiency, and process optimization initiatives across finance operations</li>
<li>Identify opportunities to leverage AI-enabled workflows, automation tools, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to improve reporting, forecasting, financial operations, and decision-making</li>
<li>Partner closely with IT and operational stakeholders to improve systems integration, reporting transparency, data consistency, and operational scalability</li>
<li>Help build a scalable finance operating platform capable of supporting continued organizational growth and increasing operational complexity</li>
</ul>
<p>Finance Leadership &amp; Operating Cadence</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead, develop, and strengthen Accounting and FP&amp;A teams</li>
<li>Establish scalable finance processes, governance structures, and operating cadence across the organi-zation</li>
<li>Define and maintain core finance routines including close, forecasting, reporting, governance forums, and management reviews</li>
<li>Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence</li>
<li>Build organizational leverage through process simplification, automation, technology utilization, and scalable operating models</li>
<li>Support organizational scaling through disciplined financial management and strong cross-functional partnership</li>
</ul>
<p>Group Reporting &amp; International Coordination</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead financial reporting activities toward Deutsche Bahn Group headquarters, including consolidation support and IFRS alignment</li>
<li>Ensure consistency between local GAAP reporting and group reporting requirements</li>
<li>Coordin

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