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    Job Description

    *THIS POSITION WILL BE POSTED UNTIL A VIABLE POOL OF CANDIDATES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED

    EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE


    A Bachelor's degree in a business-related discipline required; preferably in any of the following areas: business administration, Economics, Finance, Statistics or Mathematics.

    10 years of related work experience required OR Advanced degree such as an MBA with 8 years of related work experience strongly desired.

    In-depth knowledge of the Transit Industry. Federal and State regulatory requirements experience pertaining to grant management strongly required. Thorough understanding of the overall funding process as it relates to GAAP (Accounting) for MARTA's financial systems required. Must have thorough knowledge of FTA, USDOT regulations.


    INTERVIEW SELECTION PROCESS: This selection process may include one or more components to demonstrate applicants' knowledge, skills and abilities in job related areas. These may include excercises such as practice of demonstrations, written communications, oral interviews and/or competency assessments.


    SUMMARY

    Coordinates all aspects of MARTA's $300 million annual capital budget. Produces MARTA's long-term cash flow forecast for the capital and operating program. Ensures appropriate levels of liquidity while minimizing debt service expense. Develops, operates, and maintains complex financial forecast models.

    Coordinates MARTA's financing program including municipal bond issues, day to day management of MARTA's $400 million commercial paper program, innovative financing such as forward delivery agreements, and lease to service transactions.

    Conducts technical analysis and prepares reports, presentations and briefings for executive management, GM/CEO and the Board of Directors. Coordinates closely with the Cash Manager to assist in maximizing investment potential of MARTA's funds. Prepares special studies and serves on Technical Evaluation Teams (TET) for large Authority contracts. On occasion, represents the manager in meetings both internal and external to the company.


    ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


    • Develops and manages the funding plan for MARTA's Ten-year $2 billion capital plan. Coordinates prioritization of projects and initiatives with the Director of Program and Contract Management. Prepares presentations and analysis for senior management and the Board of Directors. Facilitates senior management in developing the annual capital budget and adopted Ten-year capital plan.
    • Conducts analysis and prepares long term cash flow forecasts monthly. Performs cash flow analysis of more than 150 capital projects and outstanding operating contracts. Develops and maintains sophisticated computer models to ensure the accuracy of forecasts. Communicates results of forecast to Cash Manager. Develops investment strategies to maximize investment income, ensures liquidity and cash availability, and refines debt requirements. Coordinates with financial advisors, bond underwriters and commercial paper re-marketers to determine specific timing of debt issues. Prepares reports presented monthly to senior management and the Board of Directors.
    • Provides day-to-day management of MARTA's commercial paper program. Coordinates maturities, interest rate thresholds, and program strategies with re-marketers in New York. Ensures that the program capacity is maintained by coordinating the timely execution of bond validations and bond resolutions with MARTA's bond attorneys, special counsel and advisors. Coordinates program status with the Senior Revenue Analyst to identify impacts to the debt service funds held in trust by MARTA's corporate trustee. Monitors MARTA's outstanding $710 million national value basis swaps and performs complex analysis by determining the validity and accuracy of monthly settlements.
    • Analyzes, monitors and reports on complex financial issues such as debt management (commercial paper, bond issues and other borrowing structures), cost containment and avoidance, and fuel hedging strategies. Evaluates, in conjunction with financial advisors, proposals from investment bankers involving bond refundings, financial derivative products, and innovative finance techniques, and makes recommendations to management.
    • Responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of complex financial forecasting models in support of the operating and capital program. These models will also be utilized in analyzing future bus and rail expansion projects.
    • Conducts research and analysis to identify and tap into new sources of innovative financing. Responsible for compliance reporting and UCC development and filing for the MARTA leveraged lease program.
    • Provides day-to-day direction to external consultants, attorneys and advisors. Coordinates development of MARTA's 30 year sales tax forecast with the Georgia State University Economic Forecasting Center.
    • Participates in special studies with diverse scopes (e.g. comprehensive development of highly technical RFP's for financial derivative transactions and subsequent management of the RFP process, in-depth analysis of Authority fuel purchase strategies, contracts and processes yielding recommendations for changes that would result in millions of dollars of savings with reduced risk to MARTA).
    • Represents management on the Technical Evaluation Team (TET) and Source Evaluation Committee (SEC) for major Authority contracts. Consequences to the Authority of an inappropriate decision or unsatisfactory performance could potentially involve the loss or misappropriation of millions of dollars.

    SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

    Provides day-to-day direction to external consultants, attorneys and advisors.


    OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

    Must have extensive planning skills.


    • Assist in setting schedules in the Office of Program and Contract Management
    • Aid in developing information for cash flow forecasts for the Capital Markets Manager and the Assistant Treasurer
    • Work with operations in a lead role in the development and update of the Bus Fleet Management Plan
    • Provide financial analysis on proposed MARTA expansion projects
    • Prepare plans and forecasts for the Cash Manager and the Revenue Forecasting Analyst

    OTHER QUALIFICATIONS


    Must be capable of making administrative, contractual, project and budget decisions and recommendations involving hundreds of millions of dollars on a daily basis.

    Primary decisions involve project teams like a TET and the SEC where the incumbent has significant input on recommendations to the SEC and the CEO Team.

    Must be able to lead in conducting due diligence for transactions such as rail line leases. This requires coordination with multiple offices.

    Must be capable of making recommendations that are often the basis for decisions made by the Manager, Director, AGM, CEO and Board of Directors.


    MARTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.


    Grade: 21

    Classification:
    Non-represented


    Number of Openings: 1

    Salary:
    $77,168 - $115,752

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