Transit and European Regional Controller – Wabtec

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 : .

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.

How will you make a difference?

The Transit and European Regional Controller leads the Controllership function for the Company’s Transit Segment and European region.

The Transit Segment ( $2.7 billion in revenue) primarily manufactures and services components for new and existing passenger transit vehicles, typically regional trains, high speed trains, subway cars, light-rail vehicles and buses;

supplies rail control and infrastructure products including electronics, signal design and engineering services; and refurbishes passenger transit vehicles.

The Transit and European Regional Controller partners with the Transit and European finance teams to ensure the integrity of financial information, analyze financial performance, and maximize forecasting accuracy.

This role is also responsible for maintaining financial controls, managing statutory reporting, and identifying and implementing process improvements.

What do we want to know about you?

• Minimum of 8 years of accounting / finance experience
• Public accounting and / or public company manufacturing experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting / finance; MBA or similar a plus
• CPA or similar certification
• Proficient in US GAAP and IFRS
• Oracle and OneStream experience a plus
• Ability to communicate effectively across functions and with executives
• Ability to build professional and productive relationships within the organization
• Travels and works overtime as required

Personal Skills and Characteristics

• Driven and enthusiastic with the ability to demonstrate a passion to contribute to achieving business goals
• Hands-on leadership style with strategic thinking, problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills
• Committed to driving change and accountability and implementing standard practices and initiatives
• Performs well with ambiguity and under pressure; can effectively cope with change and act without having the total picture
• Ability to influence and build consensus across various stakeholders
• Commitment to business ethics and integrity

What will your typical day look like?

• Provide technical accounting guidance to business leaders to support the financial analysis of commercial agreements
• Serve as a trusted business partner and advisor to the segment finance leadership team
• Analyze customer contracts to ensure compliance with US GAAP and international standards
• Advise US and international finance teams on accounting treatment for non-standard and / or judgmental transactions
• Develop and maintain business-specific policies to drive consistent internal controls, accounting and financial reporting
• Lead the month-end close process, including trouble-shooting ad-hoc issues, with support from the finance and global operations teams
• Prepare and present financial information to corporate and business leadership
• Support the contract performance margin review process to ensure that remaining billings and costs for long-term customer contracts are accurately forecasted
• Collaborate with various functions across the organization to identify and implement process improvements and policy harmonization
• Manage the relationship with internal and external auditors and other service providers
• Manage the statutory reporting process for the company’s European region, supporting the Country Controllers where applicable
• Lead the accounting support of all new major project implementations
• Manage and approve the standard costing and intercompany processes for the Transit business segment

More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at mywabtecbenefits.com.

Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity :

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion.

We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together.

At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities.

We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness.

We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.