Amtrak is hiring a Senior Host Railroad Specialist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This position provides analytic and administrative support for the management and maintenance of Amtrak’s operating agreements with host railroads nationwide, including freight railroads that use Amtrak tracks. This position has shared responsibility (with Lead Host Railroads Specialist) for maintaining Agreement Amendment Changes (“AACs”) to keep host railroad contracts current, and for providing up-to-date contract information to the Finance and Operations Departments for their use in verifying and paying host railroad bills for services purchased by Amtrak.
The Senior Host Railroad Specialist position helps to resolve questions of contract interpretation to ensure that contractual payment provisions are administered as was intended in the original contract negotiations.
Duties include: assisting with re-engineering internal host railroad bill payment, performance incentives, and audit processes to improve accuracy and efficiency to help prepare and track the budget for host railroad payments. This position collaborates with multiple Amtrak departments and functions including Finance, Operations, Business Lines, Law, Engineering, and Real Estate.
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