Senior Accounting Manager, Transportation Business

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for ensuring billing accuracy and revenue recognition for all parcel and freight transactions.

• Oversee the monthly and quarterly revenue accrual procedures, guaranteeing both completeness and accuracy in accordance with GAAP.

• Collaborate with operations and commercial teams to address billing disputes, identify deficiencies, and enhance controls.

• Direct the review of expenses and accrual processes for carrier costs and freight payables.

• Examine transportation cost trends, highlight variances to leadership, and provide clear explanations along with suggested actions.

• Act as the finance and accounting authority for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and internally developed subsystems.

• Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to ensure that accounting requirements are integrated into system designs and that output data aligns with financial reporting standards.

• Create and sustain management reporting and analytics to provide visibility into parcel and freight P&L.

• Manage and mentor direct reports.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership or supervisory capacity.

• Background in the transportation or logistics industry — familiarity with parcel and freight billing, carrier contracts, accessorial charges, fuel surcharges, and the flow of cost data through operations.

• Proficiency in ERP systems — hands-on experience with NetSuite or a similar enterprise system; comfortable in building and maintaining account structures, workflows, and reconciliation processes.

• Data fluency — capable of writing SQL, navigating Tableau, Looker, or similar BI tools, and independent in conducting your own analysis.

• Experience partnering with TMS and systems — collaborated with Product or Engineering teams to define accounting requirements, validate data pipelines, or act as a business owner for a TMS or internal finance system development.

• Strong understanding of GAAP revenue recognition and accrual accounting.

• Excellent cross-functional communication skills — able to translate between accountants, operators, and engineers without losing precision on either side.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• 401(k) matching

• Paid time off