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Position: Investor Relations Professional

Description: Octagon Search currently seeks a senior level Investor Relations professional for one of our premiere South Florida based clients. This position is open as a result of a strategic transition/succession plan.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversight of all investor relations
  • Managing relationships with external parties
  • Writing communications
  • Other related senior management duties

Qualified and interested candidates should contact Mitch Kramer at mkramer@octagonsearch.com.


Position: Manager Treasury Analysis / Senior Financial Analyst
Rail America
Jacksonville, FL

Description: This position reports to the Vice President and Treasurer and will support the management of the treasury and investor relations functions.  The position will work closely with the FP&A, Controllers, and Operations Finance departments.

Accountabilities: (Treasury)

  • Support capital structure analysis and potential implementation such as buy backs, refinancing, and dividends.
  • Evaluate potential business transactions – acquisitions, industrial development to understand their impact on the company’s liquidity, capital structure, covenants and credit agreements.
  • Support ratings agency & banking presentations and communications.
  • Conduct lease versus buy analysis.
  • Develop and track debt compliance calendar and activities.  Monitor covenant projections to ensure compliance.
  • Work with cash manager and accounting to ensure compliance with Treasury policies, procedures and internal controls.
  • Act as backup for cash manager, if needed – processing daily cash, payment and banking transactions.

Accountabilities: (Investor Relations)

  • Develop and coordinate quarterly reporting calendar for investor relations.
  • Coordinate the drafting and development of IR materials such as press releases, presentations and conference call scripts, annual report, company tear sheets, and Q&A documents.
  • Provide analytical support for quarterly reporting and investor presentations.
  • Analyze existing and potential shareholder base to assist with investor targeting.
  • Track, review and summarize peer announcements and sell side coverage providing summaries to management
  • Maintain detailed models to track sell side estimates and assumptions. Monitor sell side notes on the company for messaging and accuracy.
  • Conduct capital markets and peer group benchmarking
  • Work with outside vendors (website, news releases & conference calls) to distribute materials, manage website, and verify billing.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required and MBA or CFA strongly preferred.
  • Three to five years financial experience in a public company (at the corporate level).  Experience or exposure to Treasury and or Investor Relations helpful, but not required.
  • Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills.
  • Finely developed communication skills – written and oral.
  • Strong understanding of finance, financial theory, capital markets, valuation and GAAP.
  • Hands on self-starter that is very organized and pays strong attention to the details.
  • Strong Excel, Power Point, and systems skills (SAP and BPC)

If interested, please apply for the position on line at www.railamerica.com in the career section of the website.  Also please submit a resume to terri.rayno@railamerica.com.


Position: Director of Treasury & Investor Relations

Location: Tampa Bay, FL

Description: Large privately held organization in Tampa Bay. Owned by a global private equity firm that will be taking them public in the near future.

The Director of Treasury & Investor Relations is accountable for managing and executing treasury and investor relations functions in a global environment. The primary treasury focus includes capital structure and financing activities. The investor relations component includes creating a consistently applied investment message for the investment community on behalf of the company, and for monitoring and presenting to management the opinions of the investment community regarding the company's performance.

Newly created due to growth.

Contact:
Thomas L Ratchford
CEO, Executive Recruiter
Evan Thomas Global LLC
111 South Albany Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33606
813-251-1600 main
tom.ratchford@evanthomas.com
Member Executive Recruiter Network