Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Develop and optimize passenger rail service concepts, operating plans, and detailed timetables, with a focus on North American intercity, commuter and regional rail systems.
• Apply experience gained at Deutsche Bahn in Germany to introduce European best practices for service design, scheduling, and operations planning.
• Lead the design and evaluation of theoretical and operational timetables, including capacity and head-way analysis, rolling stock utilization, and infrastructure interface considerations.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners—including railroad operators, infrastructure owners, and planning agencies—to ensure integrated and feasible service plans.
• Mentor and review the work of consultants and analysts supporting service planning projects to foster technical development.
• Support workshops and presentations to communicate complex operational concepts to clients and stakeholders.
• Leverage DB’s international expertise and tools, coordinating with colleagues in Germany to transfer knowledge and adapt methodologies for North American applications.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Transportation, Business Administration or similar (M.Sc.).
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in railway operations planning, timetable development, or service design, including direct experience working with Deutsche Bahn (DB) in Germany.
• Deep understanding of European railway scheduling methodologies, capacity planning, and coordination between infrastructure managers and train operators.
• Demonstrated proficiency with rail service planning tools, such as Viriato or similar timetable development or dynamic simulation software.
• Outstanding analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills and an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset; ability to work independently; aptitude to quickly grasp new concepts and effectively produce results.
• Passion for tackling complex challenges in mobility and railway transportation sector.
• Strong written and verbal presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience in using MS-Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) for performing analyses and developing quantitative models.
• Occasional domestic / international travel may be required.

Working Conditions and Travel:

You may work from a well-lighted, heated and air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation. Occasional overnight travel by land and air.

Physical Requirements, with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to work at a computer workstation for periods up to 4 hours at a time
• Ability to speak on the telephone for a total of up to 3 hours per day
• Ability to sit for up to 3 hours without breaks at meetings
• Ability to walk and stand for up to 4 hours without breaks at program site visits and meetings

We offer an annual gross salary between $161,000 and $188,000 + bonus (USD) for full-time employment, depending on professional qualifications and experience.

Department: Finance Reports to: CFO

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.

Job Summary:

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&A, reporting, governance, and business steering platform during a period of continued growth and organizational scaling.

Reporting directly to the CFO, the Vice President, Finance Operations & FP&A serves as a key member of the Finance & Administration leadership team and acts as a strategic business partner to executive leadership across the organization.

The role is responsible for operating, scaling, and continuously improving the company’s finance operating model across FP&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.

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.

The company is seeking a leader who can further scale and continuously enhance a technology-enabled fi-nance and FP&A function capable of supporting the next phase of organizational growth through process standardization, systems integration, automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled workflows.

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.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Reporting & Business Steering

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes across the organization
• Ensure timely, reliable, and decision-relevant financial and operational reporting across all levels of the business
• 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
• Ensure consistent KPI definitions and performance measurement standards across the organization
• Translate operational, project-level, and commercial data into actionable financial insights and management recommendations
• Consolidate business inputs into a consistent financial performance view to support executive decision-making
• Partner closely with operational leadership to improve business transparency, forecasting accuracy, productivity, and financial steering
• Lead and facilitate key governance forums, including Production Calls and Business Review Meetings, as structured platforms for operational and financial performance management
• Continuously improve forecasting methodologies, reporting automation, management dashboards, and operational analytics capabilities

Accounting Operations, Close, Audit & Tax

• Oversee the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial records, reporting, and close processes
• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities under tight reporting timelines
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, internal controls, governance requirements, and Deutsche Bahn Group policies
• Coordinate and oversee financial audits and maintain ongoing audit readiness
• Lead coordination of federal, state, and international tax reporting requirements in alignment with group standards
• Oversee payroll accounting processes and related reconciliations in close coordination with HR
• Continuously strengthen finance governance, controls, reporting quality, and process discipline across the organization
• Support the ongoing evolution from person-dependent processes toward scalable and standardized finance operations

Treasury, Liquidity & Cash Management

• Lead treasury operations across multiple U.S. entities, including banking relationships and cash management activities
• Ensure cash flow visibility, liquidity planning, and disciplined working capital management
• Drive cash conversion performance through alignment of project execution, billing, collections, and financial realization
• Oversee AR, AP, WIP/unbilled management, and broader working capital optimization initiatives
• Maintain robust payment controls, banking governance, and treasury-related compliance processes
• Support automation and process improvement initiatives across treasury and finance operations

Systems, Data & Process Management

• Lead the continuous development and integration of the company’s finance systems and reporting environment
• Ensure end-to-end data integrity and consistency across the contract-to-cash lifecycle
• Standardize and continuously improve finance processes across project management, ERP, reporting, billing, forecasting, and treasury workflows
• Drive automation, scalability, operational efficiency, and process optimization initiatives across finance operations
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI-enabled workflows, automation tools, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to improve reporting, forecasting, financial operations, and decision-making
• Partner closely with IT and operational stakeholders to improve systems integration, reporting transparency, data consistency, and operational scalability
• Help build a scalable finance operating platform capable of supporting continued organizational growth and increasing operational complexity

Finance Leadership & Operating Cadence

• Lead, develop, and strengthen Accounting and FP&A teams
• Establish scalable finance processes, governance structures, and operating cadence across the organi-zation
• Define and maintain core finance routines including close, forecasting, reporting, governance forums, and management reviews
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence
• Build organizational leverage through process simplification, automation, technology utilization, and scalable operating models
• Support organizational scaling through disciplined financial management and strong cross-functional partnership

Group Reporting & International Coordination

• Lead financial reporting activities toward Deutsche Bahn Group headquarters, including consolidation support and IFRS alignment
• Ensure consistency between local GAAP reporting and group reporting requirements
• Coordinate closely with HQ stakeholders on reporting, governance, tax, treasury, and finance-related initiatives across entities
• Support financial governance and coordination activities across DB US Holding and related U.S. entities

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
• CPA strongly preferred
• 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience
• Strong FP&A, business steering, and operational finance background
• Experience in consulting, engineering, infrastructure, or project-based professional services environ-ments strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of accounting, financial close processes, internal controls, treasury, and financial governance
• Experience managing multi-entity finance environments and interacting with international headquar-ters structures
• Strong systems orientation and experience with ERP and reporting environments such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power BI, Fabric, Kantata, and related tools
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable finance processes and support organizational growth
• Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving, and highly collaborative environments
• German language skills strongly preferred due to regular interaction with German headquarters

Working Conditions and Travel:

You may work from your home office and/or a well-lighted, heated and air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation. Minimal overnight travel by land and air.

Physical Requirements, with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to work at a computer workstation for periods up to 4 hours at a time
• Ability to speak on the telephone for a total of up to 3 hours per day
• Ability to sit for up to 3 hours without breaks at meetings
• Ability to walk and stand for up to 4 hours without breaks at program site visits and meetings

We offer an annual gross salary between $180,000 - $220,000 + bonus for full-time employment, depending on professional qualifications and experience.

Analyst (Rail Service and Operations) – Technical Consulting

Location: San Francisco (in-office position)

DB E.C.O. North America is hiring a Rail Service and Operations Analyst to join our San Francisco team and help shape the future of passenger and freight rail in North America. This role is ideal for someone with strong quantitative skills, an eye for detail, and a passion for transit and rail.

You will work closely with senior planners to support service and operations planning projects, using industry-leading tools. Your work will include developing service concepts, analyzing operational scenarios, creating visual dashboards, and producing clear, compelling materials for client presentations.

This is a great opportunity to build technical expertise, learn from experienced industry professionals, and contribute to projects that deliver real-world improvements to rail service and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support service and operations planning projects for passenger and freight rail clients.
• Develop and evaluate service concepts using Viriato (static timetable modeling) and validate scenarios with RailSys, Treno, RTC, etc (dynamic simulation).
• Manage and interpret infrastructure data to assess capacity and asset performance.
• Prepare clear, visually compelling outputs in Tableau, including dashboards and charts for internal and client use.
• Organize project documentation and workflows in Notion to support collaborative, multi-office teams.
• Conduct quantitative analysis, ridership and operations modeling, and GIS-based mapping to inform decision-making.
• Draft technical reports, presentation materials, and client deliverables with a high standard of accuracy and clarity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, transportation planning, data analytics, applied mathematics, or a related field.
• Demonstrated interest in rail or transit systems through coursework, research, internships, or professional experience.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with proficiency in data analysis and visualization.
• Familiarity with tools such as Viriato, RTC, RailOscope, Tableau, Notion, ArcGIS/QGIS, Python, R, or SQL (training provided as needed).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced consulting environment.

We offer an annual gross salary between $85,000 and $90,000 + bonus (USD) for full-time employment, depending on professional qualifications and experience.

Job Summary: As our HR Generalist, you’ll collaborate with leaders across the business to deliver impactful learning and development solutions, elevate people excellence, and help scale our high-performing culture as we expand.

Join us in revolutionizing mobility in North America!

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage a company-wide Learning & Development program
• Serve as a liaison between HR and business units to ensure alignment of HR strategies with organization goals
• Assist with benefits administration, including enrollments and changes
• Ensure compliance and reporting with federal, state, and local employment laws
• Partner with managers to identify training needs and support employee development initiatives
• Develop, implement, and maintain HR policies and procedures in compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws
• Prepare and analyze HR reports and people metrics for leadership
• Support compensation reviews
• Address employee relations matters and support resolution processes
• Support immigration/mobility program, recruitment and onboarding initiatives, as needed
• Contribute to ad-hoc HR initiatives, including employee engagement programs and continuous improvement initiatives
• Other duties may be assigned based on business needs

Requirements:

• Bachelor´s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field
• 6-8 years of HR experience, preferably in a learning & development or generalist role
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law, HR best practices, immigration/mobility program, and organizational development
• Proficiency with HRIS and Microsoft Office Suite; ADP experience preferred
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive, adaptable, innovative and solutions-oriented mindset
• Ability to work under pressure
• Willingness to travel

Working Conditions and Travel:

You may work from your home office and/or a well-lit, heated and air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation.  Minimal overnight travel by land and air.

Physical Requirements, with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to work at a computer workstation for periods up to 4 hours at a time
• Ability to speak on the telephone for a total of up to 3 hours per day
• Ability to sit for up to 3 hours without breaks at meetings
• Ability to walk and stand for up to 4 hours without breaks at program site visits and meetings

We offer an annual gross salary between $80,000 - $90,000 + bonus for full-time employment, depending on professional qualifications and experience.

Role Overview

Title: IT Infrastructure Developer 
Reports To: Director of IT
Location: Remote within USA

Primary Objective: Manage, secure, and optimize DB ECO NA’s Microsoft 365 and Azure environments while enabling automation, process improvements, and cross systems integration that support Finance, Business Operations, HR and other business functions, innovation, and long-term scalability across IT operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Infrastructure & Administration

• Manage Azure resources including networks, storage, and services.
• Oversee Microsoft 365 administration (Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive).
• Administer Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) – roles, conditional access, governance.
• Manage Intune for device compliance and deployment.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage and cost.

 Automation & Process Improvement

• Build automation for provisioning, user management, and routine IT workflows.
• Develop scripts and Power Automate flows to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy in business operations and Finance.
• Implement proactive monitoring and alerting.

 Security & Compliance

• Apply and maintain security policies (MFA, device compliance, least-privilege access).
• Conduct periodic audits and support security incident investigations.
• Collaborate with IT leadership to maintain compliance standards.

 Integration & Innovation

• Partner with business units to deliver secure integrations and data automation.
• Support and enhance system integrations between Kantata, Business Central (ERP), Navan, ADP, and business systems used across Finance and Business Operations.
• Work closely with Finance and other departments to understand the processes and workflows to ensure data accuracy and reducing manual work.
• Support and optimize specialty applications hosted in Azure or SaaS environments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies that improve efficiency and innovation opportunities as well asscalability of business systems.
• Assuming technical ownership on integration and automation projects and working closely with the Director of IT and Business Stakeholders enabling strategic decisions and successful outcomes.

 Support & Continuity

• Serve as escalation point for complex issues.
• Maintain documentation and system configuration records.
• Maintain audit readiness for financial system integrations and data handling.
• Provide coverage for IT Director functions to ensure operational continuity.

Skills

• PowerShell scripting (core for Microsoft 365 and Azure automation)
• Azure CLI / Azure PowerShell / ARM templates
• Terraform, Bicep, or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
• Python scripting for automation and API integrations

We offer an annual gross salary between $90,000 and $110,000 + bonus for full-time employment, depending on professional qualifications and experience.