What are the responsibilities and job description for the Freight Audit Intern - Summer 2027 position at Ruan Transportation Management Systems?
Ruan is now hiring a Freight Audit Intern for Summer 2027.
This is a full-time position that will work a mix of on-site at our downtown Des Moines campus and remote.
The Freight Audit Intern will work directly with the carrier to resolve invoice inaccuracies and provide aging reports as scheduled. Will also provide weekly bills to Managed Transportation customers along with monthly accruals per customer requirements. Position includes high use of Excel for data reporting and analyzing customer data
- The purpose of the internship position is to develop college students that are pursuing a career in supply chain, transportation, accounting, human resources, IT, or applicable division.
- Interns may be exposed to a variety of projects and activities that occur with the transportation business.
- Interns will have the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in college and demonstrate abilities in the workplace.
Works directly with the carrier to resolve invoice inaccuracies and provide aging reports as scheduled. Provide weekly bills to Managed Transportation customers along with monthly accruals per customer requirements. Utilize high level of Excel knowledge to analyze and compare customer data.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain regular and ongoing communications with carriers in order to ensure the timely receipt of all freight bills and supporting documentation, reconciliation and resolve of all past due amounts. Serve as the primary point of contact for all freight rating issues and carrier disputes.
- Manage invoicing exceptions discovered after the automated system audit and manual review by the Freight Audit Associate. Resolve aforementioned exceptions in a timely manner to maintain aging of invoices to less than 60 days from delivery date. Monitor carrier exception resolution via Carrier Audit Report, Carrier Aging Reports or any additional tools.
- Prepare error-free customer bills on a weekly basis in compliance with the agreed upon billing requirements. Respond to ad hoc customer requests for billing information and supporting documents. Ensure billing amounts stay consistent on a weekly basis.
- Interpret carrier tariffs in order to communicate effectively with the carrier for invoice resolution and to recommend potential pricing improvements to management or pricing team by recognizing variance trends.
- Work closely with the EDI Support team to identify potential EDI failures and pursue opportunities to convert carriers to electronic invoicing.
- Frequent communication with Operations team for accessorial or rates approvals as well as shipment completions.
- Communicate professionally with customers and carriers; interacts professionally via email and phone contact.
- Create and maintain weekly and monthly schedule to work independently. Schedule to incorporate all areas that need addressed during each timeframe. Work with supervisor if adjustments need to be made.
- Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.
Qualifications:
- Education: Some College Courses Preferred
Course(s) of Study: Supply Chain, Logistics, Human Resources, IT - Experience: none
- Type of Experience:
- Must be able to commit to Ruan's value statement by acting with integrity in everything we do.
- Must be able to meet behavioral expectations and perform in alignment with our guiding principles: safety, people, customer, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Effective project management skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.