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Job Description
Company Description
“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder
As a Fortune 500 company, Expeditors employs more than 18,000 trained professionals
in a worldwide network of over 350 locations across six continents. Expeditors
satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through
customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.
Our services include the consolidation and forwarding of air or ocean freight,
customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite
transportation, order management, warehousing, distribution and customized
logistics solutions. Expeditors is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
We believe our employees are our greatest competitive advantage, by focusing on
our values and culture we make Expeditors’ greatest competitive advantage in
global supply chain services.
“You’d be surprised how far we’ll go for you.”
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
Manage the timely and accurate billing of all operations according to internal controls and external customer expectations. The district operations finance agent will help drive effective, efficient and timely invoicing of all shipments, proper revenue recognition for each shipment and profitability analysis.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 8-5 PM
- Work with origin teams to obtain spot quote rates
- Work with customers, account managers and others as needed to prepare complete air quotes
- Assist with operational work as needed
- Ensure timely and accurate client billing according to internal controls, product metrics and customer requirements
- Perform rate audit on all files to validate invoice accuracy prior to billing to increase customer experience and reduce overall timing on payments
- Perform Service Provider payable audits on a regular basis to check that rates are accurate, and services are accounted for in the correct product and cost GL.
- Understand the usage and implementation of rate schedules to improve accuracy.
- Proactively identify problem accounts and follow up on exceptions and develop action plans to improve process.
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry into our systems
- Maintain strong relationships and open dialogues with pricing, operations, and AP teams
- Resolve all open provisions (debits and credits) within required timeframes
- Understand department process flows and laterals while driving continued opportunities for additional efficiency
- Promote compliance in diligently following all company policies and regulations and performing the task at hand with outstanding integrity and pride.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree or equivalent business qualifications.
- Professional oral and written communication skills in English
- Organizational skills
- Needs analysis skills
- Problem solving skills
- Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel etc.);
Additional Information
Expeditors offers excellent benefits
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
- Health Plan: Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental and Vision
- Life and Long Term Disability Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (US only)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Relocation expenses/support is not offered for this position
