Senior Accountant

Ready to Drive Success?
Join CRST as a Senior Accountant and make an immediate impact by driving financial accuracy and powering smarter strategic decisions. If you’re passionate about accounting, thrive on optimizing resources, and are ready to elevate organizational performance, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

How You’ll Work:

• Location: 7310 Innovation Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46818
• Hours: Monday to Friday (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)
• Compensation: This pay scale represents a good faith estimate of the salary wage the company reasonably expects to pay upon hire for this position: $63,250 to $70,000. A final offer amount will depend on factors such as prior relevant experience, skills, and location
• Benefits: Comprehensive package including medical, dental, and vision coverage; prescription drug and telemedicine services; company-paid life and disability insurance; retirement savings with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; plus additional voluntary benefits and employee discounts.

 

Job Summary:  Managing an organization's financial information and ensuring its accuracy. Accounting involves the recording and reporting of financial transactions while finance deals with managing the organization's financial resources and making decisions that maximize its value. The accounting and finance function creates financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. They also oversee tax compliance, cash, and risk management, and manage the organization's investments. This function informs stakeholders of the organization's financial health, and their decisions impact the allocation of resources and the organization's ability to grow and succeed. By providing insights into the organization's financials, the accounting and finance function helps to guide decision-making and ensure that the organization is operating efficiently and effectively

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This position plays a key role in ensuring contractor/driver commissions are computed timely and accurately
• Take incoming calls and emails from contractors, operations, agents and external vendors regarding:
  -order settlement status
  -earning and deduction inquiries
  -settlement statement inquiries
• Enter earnings and deductions as notified in writing from operations or from initial deduction set up form
• Process settlements
  -Review paperwork to ensure correct and legible 
  -Review/audit earnings and deductions
  -Post settlement once review/audit is completed
• Final out termed contractors within parameters set forth within the ICOA and LPA
• Work closely with the controller on any ad hoc projects
• Ensure legal compliance of our processes and actions to meet contractual obligations.
• Multitasking, accuracy, attention to detail required
• Perform period end closing responsibilities, including journal entries and financial reporting
• Reconcile assigned general  ledger accounts in a timely manner and research reconciling items
• Provide internal and external audit support
• Identify discrepancies and possible compliance and internal control issues

Ideal Experience and Skill Set:

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel 
• Accrual-based accounting methods and GAAP
• Balance sheet reconciliations and month-end adjusting entries
• Active Learning and Listening
• Good Time Management
• Accounting software
• Coordination
• Reading Comprehension
• Written and verbal communication

Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience in accounting support or financial coordination

 

Why CRST?
For 70 years, CRST has been delivering promises and driving success through resilience, dedication, and talent. Partnering with Fortune 500 companies, we set the standard in safety, service excellence, and operational performance. At CRST, you’ll find opportunities to grow, contribute, and make an impact in a company that values relationships and results.

The CRST Core Values: Safety at the Core of All We Do – Integrity in Every Decision and Action – Commitment to the Success of Employees, Customers, Agents, Contractors, and Communities

EEO Statement: CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, color, creed, disability, genetic information, military or veteran stat