Senior Accounting Manager, Transportation Business

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Transportation Accounting Manager to own the full accounting lifecycle for Stord's Parcel and Freight business lines. This is a high-impact, player-coach role sitting at the intersection of finance, operations, and technology.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end billing accuracy and revenue recognition for all parcel and freight transactions
• Manage monthly and quarterly revenue accrual processes, ensuring completeness and accuracy under GAAP
• Partner with operations and commercial teams to resolve billing disputes, identify gaps, and tighten controls
• Lead expense review and accrual processes for carrier costs and freight payables
• Analyze transportation cost trends and flag variances to leadership with clear explanations and recommended actions
• Own the month-end close calendar for all transportation-related cost accounts
• Serve as the finance and accounting lead for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and internally developed subsystems that feed billing and cost review workflows
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to ensure accounting requirements are built into system design and that output data meets financial reporting standards
• Develop and maintain management reporting and analytics for parcel and freight P&L visibility
• Manage and mentor direct reports
• Build a team culture of ownership, accuracy, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a lead or supervisory role
• Transportation or logistics industry background — you know how parcel and freight billing works, including carrier contracts, accessorial charges, fuel surcharges, and how cost data flows through operations
• ERP proficiency — hands-on experience in NetSuite or a comparable enterprise system; comfortable building and maintaining account structures, workflows, and reconciliation processes
• Data fluency — you can write SQL, navigate Tableau, Looker, or similar BI tools, and you're not reliant on someone else to pull your own analysis
• TMS and systems partnership experience — you've worked alongside Product or Engineering teams to define accounting requirements, validate data pipelines, or serve as a business owner on a TMS or internal finance system build
• Strong command of GAAP revenue recognition and accrual accounting
• Excellent cross-functional communication — you translate between accountants, operators and engineers without losing precision on either side