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Sr Analyst - Strategic Analysis

**Date:** May 2, 2025

**Location:** Atlanta, GA, US, 30308

**Company:** Norfolk Southern Corp.

Requisition38601:B4 Sr Analyst - Strategic Analysis

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Norfolk Southern offers a unique opportunity to be part of our proud legacy that spans nearly 200 years. We are a customer-centric, operations-driven team dedicated to advancing safety, serving communities, and driving innovation for tomorrow's rail. As part of Norfolk Southern, you’ll join a collaborative team where there are opportunities for growth across the organization. We are building a culture where everyone can thrive by owning and driving exceptional results, being humble and leading with trust, serving our customers with excellence, and collaborating and coaching to win.

Senior Analyst, FP&A – Strategic Analysis

The Strategic Analysis team within the Financial Planning & Analysis department undertakes complex analytics to support many of the most important decisions made at Norfolk Southern. The Senior Analyst role executes financial / operational analyses to solve complex open-ended problems and develops presentation / workshops materials to support senior leaders to drive key decisions. You will routinely work and interact with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Operations, Finance, and IT. You will support high-priority initiatives and will be a stakeholder at Norfolk Southern to make data-driven decisions.

Principal Duties:

+ Implement financial / operational models to assess the costs and benefits of key NS decisions

+ Execute an efficient and effective problem-solving process from initial thought, hypothesis generation / testing, structuring, and convergence on a solution

+ Work with stakeholders in other departments to extract data and insights to support problem-solving and analysis

+ Develop presentation materials to illustrate analysis output and support decision making

Work Experience:

Minimum: 2+ years

Preferred: 3+ years

Education:

Minimum: Bachelor's degree

Preferred Majors: Economics, Finance, Engineering, Math, or other quantitative fields

Required Skills and Abilities:

+ Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills

+ Ability to use 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

+ Effective and organized individual contributor who executes with minimal guidance

+ Knowledge of transportation industry and railroad operations

Job Description

Work Conditions

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.