Analyst, Transportation Finance

Analyst, Transportation Finance

Why You’ll Love This Role:

• Financial Integrity & Compliance: You will take full ownership of the customer and carrier invoicing cycle, ensuring 100% alignment with contractual lane rates while proactively resolving disputes and past-due accounts.
• Strategic Reporting & Forecasting: You will drive business intelligence by delivering monthly financial results, conducting variance analyses, and assisting in the creation of critical company and customer budgets.
• Operational Problem-Solving: You will serve as a technical troubleshooter, identifying root causes for recurring system issues and implementing practical solutions to improve overall efficiency and internal controls.
• Process Architecture & Documentation: You will champion a continuous improvement mindset by developing comprehensive process documentation and refining the effectiveness of the customer invoicing function.

What You'll Be Accountable For

• Assist the TransFinance Managers in customer and carrier invoicing/audit and provide monthly reporting and analysis to both internal and external customers.
• Ensure that customer invoicing complies with current contractual agreements, including specific customer lane rates and accessorial charges.
• Identify root causes for recurring system issues and develop/implement timely and practical solutions.
• Develop and maintain a continuous improvement mindset with respect to the quality, efficiency, and overall effectiveness of the customer invoicing function and related internal controls.
• Maintain regular and ongoing communications with customers in order to ensure the timely issuance of weekly customer invoices and resolution of all disputes and past due amounts.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive process documentation.
• Complete monthly customer financial results and variance analysis.
• Assist in the completion of company and customer budgets and forecasts.
• Escalates any financial issues to management and recommends strategies for improving financial performance.
• Provide leadership and mentoring for TransFinance Coordinators.
• Perform other related job duties as assigned or required.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Excellent analytic, project management, problem solving, time management and organizational skills
• Proficient in MS Office suite: such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and financial software applications with ability to summarize and present large volumes of data in a concise manner
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written

• SAP and MercuryGate TMS experience beneficial 
• 2-3 years financial analysis experience preferred 

• A hybrid work schedule based out of our Des Plaines office.
• Salary Range: Your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. We anticipate this role to pay a minimum base salary of $68,000, but actual base pay will depend on the successful candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), 401(k), life insurance, and tuition assistance.
• Paid time off to rest and recharge.
• An open-door work environment that values feedback and collaboration.
• Opportunities for career advancement within a growing company.

• Sit for prolonged periods of time at a desk while working on a computer 
• Use hands and fingers to operate a keyboard, mouse, and telephone