What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Accounting Specialist position at Savage?
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The Accounting Specialist is responsible for auditing, validating and reconciling all truck freight invoices. This role ensures correct carrier payments, resolves billing discrepancies, and supports the Settlements team with accurate pass-back charges to producers and markets.
The Basics:
Location: Midvale, UT
Days/Hours: Monday - Friday
These are just a few of the benefits you can expect from working with Savage:
- Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, Profit Sharing, and 401(k) with match.
- Uniform Services Time Off (USTO)
- Uniform Services Differential Pay
- A culture that appreciates Team Members
What you’ll be doing:
- Validate carrier variances (fuel surcharges, freight, demurrage, accessorial fees).
- Reconcile discrepancies between carriers and internal systems and teams.
- Maintain accurate invoices and documentation records.
- Function as a liaison between truck carriers and scheduling teams.
- Meet monthly settlement deadlines by ensuring costs are entered with accuracy by the 15th.
- Research and address aged or outstanding invoices.
- Weekly/monthly review of Unbilled AP reports and following up to resolve outstanding issues.
- Participate in pulling invoices and documentation during Audit.
- Assist with other duties as assigned.
Requirements to be successful in this position:
- 1-3 years’ experience in transportation, accounting, or an office setting
- Computer skills associated with Data entry packages and Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Word, and Excel)
- Advanced Excel skills preferred.
- Effective communication and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail and dedication to accuracy are crucial to this position.
- Ability to multitask effectively while working in a fast-paced environment.
- Adapts well to change.
Here are some of the physical requirements for this role:
- For safety reasons, must be able to communicate effectively in English
- Position is largely sedentary in an office setting
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time
- Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly and effectively
- Will be exposed to standard office-related materials and substances
Additional Information:
- A complete job description is available upon request
- Savage is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace
- California Residents Job Application Privacy Notice
- You may view available jobs at www.savageco.com/careers and apply using the online job posting.
- Eligible full-time team members may participate in the company benefit package, which currently includes medical, dental, and vision plans; company-paid life, AD&D and disability insurance; supplemental life and disability options; health savings and flex spending accounts; profit sharing; and a 401(k) plan with match.
- Part-time team members are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan with match, profit sharing, and may be eligible to participate in the medical plan depending on hours worked.
- Our benefit packages may change from time to time.