Assistant Manager Payroll - Atlanta, United States - Norfolk Southern

Description

Requisition 37471:
#LI-VS1 #LI-Hybrid

A resume helps you stand out to hiring managers and recruiters; your resume communicates your experience and your brand.

While it is not required, we encourage you to include an up-to-date resume along with a completed job application to give you the best opportunity to be considered.

A complete resume helps us to better understand your unique background, relevant experiences, and passions. We look forward to learning about you.

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:

Supports the daily operations within the Payroll Department, while overseeing the end-to-end payroll process to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable regulations and policies.

Principal Duties:

• Primarily responsible for facilitating scheduled payroll processing to ensure the accuracy and integrity of employee payroll in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other applicable regulations and policies.
• Assists with process and change management activities, to include modifications or enhancements to existing payroll systems and processes. Engages in user acceptance testing to guarantee seamless development and adherence to implementation protocols.
• Assists with producing payroll data requests by auditors and external business partners as needed, serving as a liaison, and collaborating efficiently to fulfill these requests.
• Assists in the day-to-day support of the tax and deduction supervisor
• Responsible for specified quarterly and year-end payroll reporting requirements.

Job Related Experience:
Minimum Level: 3-5 years


Preferred Level: 6-10 years


Education:

Preferred Level:
Bachelor's Degree (Any)


Preferred Majors:

• Accounting
• Banking and Finance - Finance
• Business - Business Administration

Technical Skills:

• MS Office Applications (intermediate/advanced Excel required)
• SAP (required)
• BSI/ADP (preferred)

Skills and Abilities:

• Communication Skills
• Analysis and Problem Solving
• SAP Payroll

Career Path:

Predecessor Jobs:
Business Analyst, Payroll Analyst, Supervisor Accounting


Future Jobs:
Manager Accounting

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

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.


Nearest Major Market:
Atlanta