Junior Freight Pay Analyst

No 3rd party candidates will be considered

This is a long term contract opportunity

We have been working with this client for 20 years and you will be joining our team of 100+ professionals.

In this role, you will work with our external audit companies, transportation carriers, and internal business partners to streamline freight pay processes and resolve transactional issues. You can help us reach our goal of ensuring our carriers get paid on time, auditors are held accountable to perform to expectations, and we have complete confidence we’ve paid the correct amount for freight expenses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Transportation Operations, Procurement, Finance, 4PL) to resolve freight audit and pay related issues
• Use data to ensure end to end processing of freight invoices is complete and pulling together analysis as needed to provide insights to gaps.
• Provide recommendations on short and long term fixes to operational challenges
• Maximize the effectiveness of the supplier relationship with external auditing firms by leading weekly operational calls, hosting carrier reviews, and implementing process improvements
• Deliver strong results across critical Freight Pay metrics and drive accountability with third party auditors

Qualifications:

Required:

• Intermediate proficiency in Excel to effectively analyze data, translate business requirements, and develop metrics and dashboards
• Proven strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to effectively work with external business partners
• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in Supply Chain, Transportation, Finance and/or Freight audit and pay processes
• Demonstrated ability to balance and prioritize multiple initiatives successfully and lead others to success

Preferred:

· Financial literacy in accounts receivable, payable, or budgeting processes

• Experience, training, or certification in Lean, Six Sigma, or Process Excellence tools & methodology
• Tableau, Power BI, or other equivalent data visualization systems experience

Other:

• Requires fluency in English (oral and written)