Sr. Auditor, AAR Services

Founded in 1898 and headquartered in Chicago, IL, GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) is an industry leader with 125+ years of success—success that is powered by our people. We are proud of our high-performance culture, hard-working and enthusiastic management team, and beautiful office space in the Willis Tower.

At GATX, we hire the best and offer our employees a dynamic, energetic, collaborative environment to enable them to make an impact from day one. Enjoy the perks and benefits of a global company with the close-knit culture and community of a much smaller one. In the same way we strive to empower our customers to propel the world forward, we are dedicated to providing our people with the tools and resources they need to advance in their careers.

The Sr. Railroad Repairs Auditor will participate in GATX Rail’s railroad interchange repair billing auditing process.  Activities included are BRC (Billing Repair Card) Auditing and exception generation, execution of the CBA (Counter Billing Authority) process for audit exceptions, correspondence and management of CBA recovery, and creation of documentation for CBA invoices and associated tracking with the ability to recover approximately $0.3M to $.6M annually. This position will also review outgoing BRC’s (Billing Repair Cards) and invoicing documents, track and respond to incoming exceptions and provide CBA’s (Counter Billing Authority) to billed parties.

Qualified candidates who are currently Wells Fargo Rail employees will be given priority consideration over other external applicants.

BRC Auditing and Manage exceptions, rejections and CBAs

• Review and audit the monthly Billing Repair Card data for exceptions using the GATX BRC Auditing System.
• Process the confirmed exceptions using the AAR required exception or rejection process, resulting in counter billing authority or submission of corrected invoice.
• Maintain log to manage the status of exceptions, rejections, and CBAs for all of AAR Services group.
• Manage the status of each exception request for AAR group post-entry.
• Review exception responses from each railroad and communicate/negotiate with railroads to obtain resolution.
• Generate necessary follow-up (tracer) letters corresponding to each “Counter Billing Authority” (CBA) request in a timely manner and per AAR Rules
• Provide monthly and quarterly reporting on metrics related to audit and CBA’s for both incoming and outgoing invoices.

Manage and review items being sent to billing (Outgoing GATX Invoicing)

• Review BRC’s and provide approvals prior to billing
• Ensure all monthly billable items are tracked, reviewed and processed.
• Coordinate with accounting and provide necessary supporting documentation for invoice creation.

Review incoming exceptions and rejections to billing issued by GATX

• Reply to exception letters to GATX billing to Railroads and Damaging Roads.
• Reply to rejection letters to GATX billing and if required, correct and resubmit updated invoice items
• Provide CBAs as needed for allowed exceptions

The Sr. Railroad Repairs Auditor will need to develop and maintain positive working relationships with railroad industry management and internal groups including Customer Service, Mechanical Records, Fleet, Fleet Maintenance, Engineering, Accounting and IT.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience, preferably with billing/auditing railroad experience, including working with railcar repairs and experience working with AAR interchange billing rules.
• Knowledge of AAR Rules and Procedures.
• Strong railcar technical knowledge.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and PowerBI. 
• Knowledge of AAR Counter Billing Authority process preferred.