Accounting/Finance Overview

BNSF's Finance department is made up of more than 600 employees primarily located at BNSF's Fort Worth, Topeka, Kansas and St. Paul, Minnesota. The department has responsibility for accounting, treasury, tax, risk management, financial planning and analysis functions along with a number of other specialized areas. The Finance department's goal is to improve, enhance and support BNSF's performance by providing world-class financial services and innovative strategic solutions to our business partners within the company.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

The Management Trainee program begins with an extensive corporate orientation in Fort Worth, Texas. During the training period, the Management Trainees receive in-depth company overview and interact with key company leaders and executives. Following the orientation, trainees receive on-the-job training according to their assigned group. Groups that the trainee may be placed into include:

Financial reporting and forecasting
Financial planning and property accounting
Revenue and disbursements management (A/R, A/P and payroll)
Measurement and profitability

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, monthly accounting closes, internal and external financial reporting, subsidiary accounting, operational accounting, planning, income statement and balance sheet forecasting, maintenance of fixed asset records, capital expenditure reporting and ad hoc requests.