Billing Specialist – Detention & Demurrage

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Billing Specialist responsible for accurate and timely billing of Detention and Demurrage Charges within DSV. Validating invoices and ensuring compliance with procedures and customer needs.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeIselin • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $23 - $31 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for billing Detention and Demurrage Charges accurately and timely
Review and validate incoming detention and demurrage invoices from Ocean carriers to ensure they are FMC compliant
Dispute any invalid invoices and see through the dispute process for recovery
Post valid invoices for demurrage and detention into SAP web cost for payment
Review Detention and Demurrage daily container reports to audit all containers being empty returned to terminal
Calculate customer Demurrage and Detention per customer NRA for containers attracting these charges
Review all internal shipment data to ensure that timeline information is accurate and validated against carrier websites
Prepare customer outgoing Detention and Demurrage invoices in compliance with internal DSV SOP
Notify the forwarder of demurrage and detention charges that are being billed to their customer on their files
Escalate to the manager missing demurrage and detention rates on the customer NRA
Escalate all non-recoverable detention and demurrage charges to the relevant branch and ocean manager
Review customer disputes raised and ensure completion of dispute process
Any other accounting and operational functions assigned by the manager.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4 – 6 years or more of relevant work experience required
Experience in understanding ocean freight carrier payables process preferred
Cargo wise billing experience preferred
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Detail oriented, organized, and able to effectively manage multiple priorities
Effective interpersonal skills and ability to communicate both orally and in writing
Must be able to communicate in a professional manner as the job will require day to day correspondence with many internal or external clients
Intermediate skills in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
Must be able to read, write, and speak English and the local country language.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
prescription
dental
vision
life insurance
flexible and health spending accounts
short and long-term disability coverage
wellness resources
401(k) plan with company-matching contributions up to 5%
generous paid time off
paid holidays
additional floating holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

billinginvoice validationdispute resolutionSAPdata auditingdemurrage calculationshipment data reviewcomplianceaccounting functionsoperational functions

Soft Skills

detail orientedorganizedtime managementinterpersonal skillsoral communicationwritten communicationprofessional communicationability to work independentlyability to manage multiple priorities