Finance Manager

About us:
Cintra es una de las compañías líder en la promoción privada de infraestructuras de transporte en todo el mundo, por número de proyectos y por volumen de inversión. Actualmente gestiona cerca de 1.475 kilómetros de autopistas en 9 países, entre las que se encuentran la 407 ETR en Toronto (Canadá) y 5 autopistas Managed Lanes en Estados Unidos: NTE, NTE35W y LBJ en Texas, la autopista I-77 en Carolina del Norte y la I-66 en Virginia. Actualmente Cintra continúa activa en otros mercados, como Reino Unido, Australia, Colombia y Europa, el volumen de inversión en estas geografías supone más del 35%.

**Job Description**:
Summary: In constant interaction with the Business Management and Headquarters teams, the Finance Manager - Europe & New Markets (E&NM) position plays a key role in the financial performance oversight and optimization of the portfolio, with a strong focus on value creation and proactive monitoring. Responsible for supporting the Head of Finance for Europe and New Markets, in this position, you will participate in the financial workstreams of the portfolio either in a ‘service provider/consultant’ or ‘asset monitoring’ role, as applicable. As of today, the region comprises more than 30 toll road projects in Spain, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Slovakia, Australia, Colombia, and India. The position belongs to the Finance Department of Cintra and it is based in Madrid.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Financial and performance oversight and optimization of the E&NM region portfolio of assets (toll road concessions) and holding companies, supporting the E&NM Management Team. This entails leading with an extremely proactive approach their performance, including operational benchmarking and financial modelling reviews, to propose, lead and coordinate value creating initiatives for Cintra and its affiliates.
- Project management and/or ad-hoc analysis of country or global initiatives that require business and finance teams’ coordination in relation to any financial, accounting, tax and business process with a value creation, simplicity, and cost-effectiveness focus.
- Collaboration with the corporate teams of Cintra and Ferrovial (M&A, Corporate Finance & Project Finance, Treasury, ESG, Innovation, etc.) building a vendor business case, improving the financing, tax and accounting performance of the portfolio.
- Support the company reporting, budgeting, risk assessment, audit coordination and financial compliance processes interacting with the CEO, COO and CFOs of the concessions and corresponding holding companies.
- Detailed review of month-end financials and related financial analysis of the corresponding assets (concessions) and holding companies, with interaction with the FP&A, Global Accounting and Global Reporting teams of Cintra and Ferrovial.
- Frequent interaction with the Finance teams of the affiliates to ensure high-quality standards and best practice sharing with the best leverage of systems and resources.
- Short trips to concession companies’ offices to support local management, coordinate services provided and interact with the local teams to ensure quality of service, customer feedback, coordinate workstreams and ensure compliance with Cintra standards, as applicable.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to fulfill those duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Education & Experience:_
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or a related field
- 8-10 years’ experience in related fields, which may include Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Controlling, Business Process Analysis, Audit, Financial Analysis, Project Finance or Economics
- Experience with Financial Models and Project Finance a plus.
- Bilingual preferred in English and Spanish
- Professional Qualities:_
- Effectively manage tasks and tight deadlines independently
- Ability to interact with colleagues in a self-managed team structure
- Superior quantitative skills and analytical mindset
- Strong interpersonal and communication/commercial skills with a ‘customer centric/value adding’ mindset.
- Curious / Proactive / Innovative problem solver
- Must be able to multitask, prioritize, and implement solutions within a fast-paced environment
- Computer Skills:_
- Must be able to demonstrate computer proficiency, especially within Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point, as well as PC based programs
- Familiarity with SAP accounting software is preferred
- Experience with reporting and dashboards tools will be a plus (ex. PowerBI, Business Objects, Qlikview, SAC)

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