Freight Bill Clerk

Overview

The Freight Bill Clerk supports a dedicated Transportation Management client with the accurate and timely processing of freight invoices and shipping documentation. This position plays a critical role in ensuring billing accuracy, cost control, and maintaining positive carrier and client relationships. This position reports to the Senior Account Manager.

Responsibilities

• Audit, process, and reconcile freight bills, invoices, and related documents
• Verify carrier charges against contracts, rate agreements, and shipping documentation
• Resolve discrepancies with carriers, clients, or internal departments as needed
• Maintain accurate billing records in internal systems and ensure timely data entry
• Communicate with high volume carriers and vendors regarding payment statuses or billing issues
• Assist with month-end reporting and provide carrier aging report status updates
• Collaborate with the account management and carrier accounting teams to ensure the carrier partners are paid timely and streamline the client’s cash flow

Qualifications

• Associates Degree Required
• 4+ years’ experience in billing / accounting environment
• 1-2 years of transportation/clerical experience – LTL Bill of Ladings, freight invoices, and accessorial fee experience
• Excellent in Microsoft Applications – Word, Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Work as a team player, yet able to work independently
• Must have billing system experience
• Able to communicate professionally & promptly with management, coworkers, and customers
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills
• Must have leadership and organizational skills
• Must have excellent MS Office Suite skills, Excel and Access a must

We are excited to share the base hourly rate for this position is $19.19/hour - $25.59/hour. NFI takes into consideration applicants' qualifications, experience, education, geographic location, when determining a starting rate of pay. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, targeted at 3%.

Employees are also eligible for a robust benefit program, which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Parental Leave, among other benefit plan options.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

Profit Center

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