Financial Analyst
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full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Chesapeake • Denmark
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Salary
💰 $57,000 - $77,000 per year
About the role
- Provide internal and external support for transportation / logistics services outside of the US that require customers to be billed in the US; Third Party Billing
- Manage the billing process according to customer requirements
- Coordinate shipments that are moving from offshore-to-offshore locations
- Setting up new business
- Coordinate with sales, offshore locations, customers and third parties
- Document requirements and/or SOPs
- Ensure the account activities and billing process according to customer requirements
- Audit shipments and invoices from offshore against customer requirements and customer tariff
- Analyze shipment documentation provided, make determination as to compliance with SOP, provide parties with requirements to align to SOP
- Determine when billing fulfillment met and execute billing process
- Shipment data entry and billing in the transport management system to customers and offshore locations
- Research and resolve accounting issues and other complex transactional items
- Act as a primary point of contact for the third-party billing requests
- Coordinate within department, account manager, collections department and other parties, as necessary
- Work closely with various parties within the organization and the customer to assure the customer requirements / billing requirements are met and processes support the billing process
- Escalate issues to department management with recommendations and justification, where possible
- Assist in other tasks, as needed
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in accounting or related field is preferred
- Generally, prefer 3-5 years of billing and/or freight audit experience
- Freight forwarding experience in either export or import operations with the understanding of complex transportation flows
- Prior experience in analytics highly desirable
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills required
- The ability to understand different factors that drive transportation processes and related cost is also required
- Intermediate MS Office Excel and Word skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of logistics and supply chain management principles
- Ability to work well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
- Fluency in English is required
- Knowledge of additional languages is a plus
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Benefits
- medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life insurance
- flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- health savings accounts (HSAs) (for eligible plans)
- short- and long-term disability coverage
- access to wellness resources
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services
- participation in the DSV 401(k) plan, which provides company matching contributions of up to 5%
- various paid time off programs
- paid company holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
billing processfreight audittransport management systemshipment data entryanalyticslogisticssupply chain managementtransportation processescost analysis
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsability to work under pressureability to work in a fast-paced environment
Certifications
bachelor's degree in accounting or related field