Trinity Industries

VP, Risk & Portfolio Investment

Trinity Industries • $180K — $250K *
Dallas, TX 75217In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
2 days ago
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
  • 10+ years of management experience in Finance and Capital Markets.
  • Proven leadership experience with professional teams.
  • Strong finance, strategy, and quantitative analytics skills.
  • Significant experience in asset management, preferably in rail or advanced manufacturing.
  • Deep understanding of Trinity's assets and fleet characteristics.
  • Ability to link macroeconomic trends to investment strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Develop Trinity's investment strategy aligned with corporate objectives.
  • Manage parameters for new investments and divestitures regarding railcar types.
  • Oversee asset management strategies for fleet portfolio optimization in collaboration with other departments.
  • Assess customer creditworthiness and implement credit enhancements to manage investment risk.
  • Support and execute M&A strategies to enhance corporate alignment and platform optimization.
  • Lead efforts on asset composition, underwriting, and secondary market performance.
  • Drive performance metrics like portfolio IRR, return on equity, and profitability.

Benefits

  • Leadership opportunity in a pivotal role at Trinity Industries.
  • Strategic involvement in shaping investment strategies and asset management.
  • Opportunity to drive performance outcomes and portfolio optimization.
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams to enhance fleet management.
  • Exposure to M&A activities and corporate strategy alignment.
Full Job Description
Trinity Industries is seeking a Vice President, Risk & Portfolio Investment for our headquarters office in Dallas, TX. This a leadership position responsible for optimizing Trinity's asset portfolio to maximize short-term and long-term risk-adjusted investment returns. This role ensures that investment strategy aligns with enterprise strategy and that asset underwriting criteria are sound. The VP leads the development of short-term and long-term investment plans, recommends industry and railcar type concentrations, and optimizes the overall composition of the Trinity fleet. The role also identifies opportunities to harvest gains and execute bespoke railcar transactions.

What You'll Do:
  • Develop and maintain Trinity's investment strategy in alignment with enterprise strategic objectives.
  • Establish and manage parameters for new investments and divestitures by railcar type and market served.
  • Oversee asset management strategy and activities, including short-term and long-term fleet portfolio optimization, in close partnership with Lease Management and Third-Party Lessor teams within the Customer Division.
  • Maintain a clear understanding of customer creditworthiness and determine appropriate credit enhancements to mitigate investment risk.
  • Support and execute M&A strategy in alignment with corporate strategy, Trinity business units, and platform optimization parameters, as applicable.
  • Lead efforts related to asset (fleet) composition, asset underwriting, and secondary market performance.
  • Drive performance outcomes related to portfolio internal rate of return (IRR), return on equity, transact-and-earn profitability, and credit loss management.

Key Decision Rights:
  • Investment strategy design and alignment with enterprise objectives
  • Asset allocation, underwriting standards, and divestiture decisions
  • Portfolio optimization across railcar types, industries, and markets


What You'll Need:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent required/MBA preferred
  • Minimum of 10+ years' management related experience in Finance and Capital Markets required.
  • Proven experience leading professional teams.
  • Strong capabilities in finance, strategy, and quantitative analytics.
  • Significant asset management experience, preferably within the rail industry or advanced manufacturing environments.
  • Deep knowledge of Trinity's assets and fleet characteristics.
  • Demonstrated ability to connect short-term and long-term macroeconomic trends to investment strategy and portfolio decisions.

About Trinity Industries

Trinity Industries, Inc. is a diversified industrial company that owns market-leading businesses which provide products and services to the energy, transportation, chemical, and construction sectors. Trinity reports its financial results in five principal business segments: the Rail Group, the Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, the Inland Barge Group, the Construction Products Group and the Energy Equipment Group. Trinity?s businesses provide industrial products and services ranging from railcars, barges, storage containers, and aggregates to highway products, structural wind towers, railcar parts, and railcar leasing and management services.
Learn more about Trinity Industries
Size
5,845 employees
Market Cap
$2.4 billion
Industry
Transportation
Net Income
-$147.3 million
Founded
1933
5 Year Trend
-13.3%
Revenue
$1.9 billion
NASDAQ
TRN
* Ladders Estimates

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