Accounts Payable Analyst
Current• Exception management of freight payments.• Responsible for Managing Carrier Vendor accounts and ensuring all assigned carrier charges, such as Line Haul & Accessorials, are resolved on time without error, and in compliance with their contractual terms.• Perform root-cause analysis and problem solving of disputed or rejected items to help identify/implement process improvements to ensure all assigned carriers are paid on-time without deductions or short-pays, and in compliance with their contractual terms. • Partner with transportation procurement managers, to ensure specific carrier issues are resolved efficiently and collaboratively without damaging relations.• Collaborate across all departments to ensure accurate charges are reflected in the core system (SAP-TM).• Act as liaison between Transportation/carriers and Cass logistics to resolve disputes.• Identify process improvement opportunities to other functions in the supply chain network (planners, system admin team, customer service, DC, Tech M, etc.) to resolve upstream issues that are causing payment issues downstream.• Serve as back-up to other teammates to provide coverage for time off or in times of increased workload.• Work to deliver day to day objectives to ensure KPIs are met and are trending in the right direction, including resolution productivity, open vendor balances (aging accounts) open audit claims, etc.• Work with the accessorial team on disputed accessorial requests.