Leadership Development Associate – Finance

Job Description

Finance Leadership Development Associate | CSX

The Tone:
This is an 18-month professional development experience role at CSX, a Fortune 500 transportation company. The program is expected to begin in June 2027, with early-start opportunities, and involves working in an office environment with some travel. CSX, based in Jacksonville, Florida, operates a vast network that connects every major metropolitan area in the eastern United States, providing rail, intermodal, and rail-to-truck transload services. This role is designed to develop future business leaders who will foster growth, efficiency, and influence business decisions based on sound financial analysis and communication, ultimately contributing strategically to CSX’s continued success.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Jacksonville, FL

• Team: Finance Department
• Mission: Identify solutions and influence business decisions through sound financial analysis and communication to drive growth, efficiency, and innovation.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office

What You’ll Actually Do
• Analyze marketing, operating, and capital projects with business partners to understand economic tradeoffs and support real-time business decisions.
• Provide analytical support for operations reviews, resource allocations, and financial valuations.
• Identify solutions and influence business decisions based on sound financial analysis and communication.
• Complete value-add analyses to inform business decisions within Commercial, Operations, or Corporate Finance areas.
• Present findings from analyses to senior management in the Finance Department and to business partners from other departments.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An entry-level opportunity requiring a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or Computer Science from an accredited institution. The degree must be completed by June 2027, and candidates must maintain a minimum overall grade point average of 3.2 on a 4-point scale.
• Experience: No specific years are strictly required beyond degree completion, but candidates with 1 or more years of corporate finance-related experience or 1 or more corporate finance-related internships are preferred.
• Skills: Demonstrated ability to deliver clear and concise presentations to senior-level audiences. Strong analytical capabilities to evaluate complex business issues and formulate sound business decisions. Excellent oral and written communication skills to articulate financial insights effectively. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, alongside a foundational understanding of corporate financial principles and practices.
• Bonus: A Master’s degree from an accredited institution, to be completed by June 2027. Additionally, a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in the related major field of study for your highest degree is advantageous.