AP Logistics Analyst

This position supports the Sherwin Business Services (SBS) freight accounting and payables processes and procedures by working with global suppliers and business partners to ensure the accurate and timely processing of freight invoices for recording of liabilities and timely payments to vendors. This position is also responsible for the onboarding and training of new employees. This position will be in contact with all financial areas of the company, all levels of management, internal and external auditors, tax, and IT professionals, within all organizational units and will be entrusted with high dollar and high-volume disbursement activities.

Because this role involves access to confidential financial information, the Company has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and to provide similar protections for its clients and potential investments.

This role is not Hybrid or Remote and will report to our Cleveland, OH location.

• Review aging reports and work with the external carriers and internal teams to ensure accounts are current.
• Review and update freight mappings to ensure they are accurate.
• Run month end open freight reports and prepare accrual entries.

• Review exception reporting and work with team to clear exceptions.
• Maintain rule data in Trax to help reduce exceptions.

• Review vendor accounts and statements to keep account in good standing.
• Communicate with vendors about invoice payment status and problem resolution.
• Assist team with resolving credit holds.
• Review invoices that reject into OIT, fix and resolve.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations.

• Assist on process improvement initiatives.

• Ensure carriers are kept current on invoice payment and assist team where necessary to get caught up when needed.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.

• 1+ years of accounting, finance, or audit experience.

• Experience in Accounts Payable.
• Experience in Logistics.

• Microsoft Office products Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Clear and concise communication in verbal and written form.
• Organizing, planning and prioritizing work.
• Detail-oriented, flexible.
• Team-oriented.
• Ability to work independently.

• Adapt easily to technological advancements in a fast-paced environment.
• Use experience and knowledge to improve and lean processes.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Oracle.
• OnBase.
• MIPS.

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