• Manager Accounting Research

    Norfolk Southern (Atlanta, GA)


    Manager Accounting Research

     

    **Date:** Jul 28, 2025

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

    **Company:** Norfolk Southern Corp.

     

    Requisition38939:B5 Manager Accounting Research

     

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    **Note for Safety-Sensitive Positions:** Any safety-sensitive position with Norfolk Southern will require the following pre-employment screenings:

    + **FRA Drug and Alcohol Screen**

    + **Medical Screening**

    + **Background Check**

     

    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.

    Job Description

    Primary Purpose

     

    Performs and supervises accounting related to numerous critical accounting areas. Keeps management informed of new and emerging authoritative accounting policies and regulations and assesses their financial statement impact.

    Principal Duties

    + Analyzes and interprets complicated financial transactions.

    + Reviews, analyzes, and is responsible for the accounting for legal matters, personal injury claims, environmental liabilities, corporate-owned life insurance, and pension and other postretirement benefits. This includes review and analysis of the work of external experts. Oversees employee benefit accounting including stock-based compensation, bonus and other incentives.

    + Ensures that financial transactions are recorded in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

    + Coordinates with internal and external audit staff for consolidated financial statement audits and employee benefit plan audits.

    + Reviews and oversees the work of two staff (one direct, one indirect). Oversees the preparation of journal entries and general ledger reconciliations.

    + Reviews and analyzes new Accounting Standards Updates for guidance applicable to Norfolk Southern and performs accounting research on transactions.

    + Supervises the preparation of various internal and external reports for presentation to management, the Board of Directors, and other stakeholders, including the preparation of footnotes for the 10-Q & 10-K.

    + Supervises the preparation of annual employee benefit plan financial statements and coordination of the annual audits of those plans, including 11-K with the SEC and 5500 with DOL.

    + Provides guidance to other departments with accounting related matters.

    + Develops and motivates staff, including conducting annual and semi-annual performance reviews.

     

    Qualifications & Skills

    _Education/Certifications:_

    + Minimum Level: Bachelor’s Degree (BBA/BS)

    + Preferred Major: Accounting, Finance

    + **Required** : CPA

    _Experience_

    + Minimum Level: **3-5 years**

    + Preferred Level: **6-10 years**

    _Technical Skills:_

    + MS Excel/Spreadsheets

    + MS Outlook

    + MS Word/Word Processing

    + SAP

    _Soft Skills:_

    + Analytical Thinking

    + Planning and Organizing

    + Management

    + Decision Making

    + Written Communication

     

    Work Conditions

     

    _Environment_ Hybrid (3 days in Office; Two days Remote)

     

    _Job Family_ Manager of Others

     

    _Shift Work_ No

     

    _On-Call_ No

     

    _Weekend Work_ Yes

     

    _Travel Required_ 0-2 Days per Month

     

    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.