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Requisition 37843: B5 - Sr. Manager - FP&A - Strategic Analysis
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Senior Manager, FP&A – Strategic Analysis
The Strategic Analysis team within the Financial Planning & Analysis department is the Center of Excellence at Norfolk Southern for analytics and decision support, working closely with business partners to optimize commercial deals, service delivery, and strategic transactions. The Senior Manager role manages initiatives to solve complex open-ended problems, execute financial / operational analyses, and structure presentations / workshops with senior leaders to drive key decisions. You will routinely work and interact with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Operations, Finance, and IT. You will lead high-priority initiatives and will be a key stakeholder in the dialogue with senior leaders at Norfolk Southern to make data-driven decisions.
Principal Duties
- Design and implement financial / operational models to assess the costs and benefits of key NS decisions
- Lead the team through efficient and effective problem-solving processes from initial thought, hypothesis generation / testing, structuring, and convergence on a solution
- Create C-Suite ready communication materials to support decision making
- Deliver presentations and facilitate workshops with senior NS stakeholders
- Build the team by teaching and mentoring
Work Experience:
Minimum: 2+ years
Preferred: 3-6 years in management consulting or similar role
Education
Minimum: Bachelor's degree
Preferred Majors: Economics, Finance, Engineering, Math, or other quantitative fields
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Effective and organized process manager who structures and executes with minimal guidance
- Mastery of MS Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience using SQL to extract, join, and manipulate data across multiple databases
- Fluency in Python, R, Matlab, etc. considered an asset
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in financial, strategic, and/or operations planning in freight rail, or a sector with a similar network-based business model (e.g., airlines, telecom, parcel/LTL carriers, etc.)
- Expert at building financial and operational models in a wide range of contexts, including cost-benefit analysis and financial transaction support
- Experience delivering written and verbal communication to senior executives
- Experience leading a team through open-ended problem solving to support senior executive decision making
- Experience coaching others to develop financial modeling, problem-solving, and communication competencies
Company Overview
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. We know that employees thrive in a workplace where differing viewpoints, ideas, and experiences are freely shared and valued. As such, we encourage all employees to contribute their distinctive skills and capabilities to our organization.
Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress.
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