Finance Manager - OCTA

Keolis America • Anaheim, CA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Manager will be responsible for the financial management of OCTA, including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Fixed Assets. This role involves providing timely and accurate financial reporting and forecasts, driving the month-end close process, and implementing performance dialogues with the Operations team. The Finance Manager will also be responsible for ad-hoc financial analysis, special projects, ensuring compliance with delegation of authority, driving internal controls for finance systems, documenting financial processes, and initiating process improvements to meet financial and contractual targets.

Requirements

• 5 or more years of proven finance experience
• Experience managing a full P&L
• Ability to meet critical deadlines and achieve organizational objectives
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
• Strong work experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Access
• Proficiency with ERPs and Reporting Tools
• High level of analytic, quantitative, and financial modelling skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work across different departments
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
• Ability to manage employees, while multi-tasking large projects
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. Keolis does not sponsor visas for this position

Nice To Haves

• Transit experience preferred, but not required
• Master’s degree preferred
• Microsoft Dynamics/Anaplan a plus

Responsibilities

• Finance business partner to the OCTA leadership team and General Manager
• Accountable for the financial management of OCTA (AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Inventory supervision)
• Provide timely and accurate reporting and forecast, with insights from financial trends and operational KPIs/performance
• Drive and oversee month end close process in partnership with Controlling/Accounting Team
• Implement and drive performance dialogue with Operations team (GM, OCTA leadership team, Driver supervision, Maintenance)
• Implement and drive action plan to ensure delivery of financial targets
• Responds to ad-hoc financial analysis, special projects and similar duties
• Ensure compliance and delegation of authority is applied and respected throughout the OCTA organization.
• Drives internal controls process for finance systems.
• Document financial processes, initiate process improvement and action plan to ensure key financial and contractual targets are being met.

Benefits

• competitive compensation and benefits
• opportunities for development and growth throughout an exciting and rewarding career
• the safest work environment possible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager