Freight Settlement Specialist

Global Leading Company located in Kildare have a permanent opportunity available for a Freight Accounting Specialist, working as part of a successful team of three and a wider department of twenty. Their brand is founded on the values of Commitment, Excellence, Sustainability, and Friendliness, which shape their interactions with customers, employees, and colleagues. The organisation is dedicated to ensuring that every team member recognises the significance of their role and feels like an integral part of the collective team.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with Procurement to ensure transport rates are being applied accurately and aligned to contract agreements
• Use agreed rates to create and maintain the pricing schedule for logistics service providers
• Be able to interpret the pricing schedule and provide analysis and reporting for management
• Work with LSPs to monitor rate application reviewing invoices to ensure accuracy
• Investigate and resolve any invoicing discrepancies and where necessary be able to justify differences
• Monitor invoicing received and liaise with LSPs to ensure invoices are received in a timely manner aligned to internal cost management procedures
• Ensure invoicing documentation is uploaded and recorded in the correct format
• Record spot market prices reported through the systems and agree and execute required settlements
• Support the development of reporting and dashboards to measure KPIs

Qualifications & Experience required

• Hold a relevant degree in Finance, Accounting, Logistics or equivalent
• At least 18 months accounting experience working in the freight forwarding or logistics industry
• Experience managing sensitive data with confidentiality and diplomacy
• Proven experience explaining procedures in a manner that influences action
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in Master data creation and data analysis

For more details please contact Amy Blake on 0860830168 or apply online for more details.