Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | SimPL Freight Solutions LLC

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at SimPL Freight Solutions, located in Raleigh, NC. SimPL Freight Solutions simplifies transportation for companies by acting as their dedicated team, coordinating shipments, managing carrier relationships, tracking performance, and improving operations behind the scenes. This Staff Accountant role is crucial for supporting reconciliations, financial reporting, and day-to-day accounting activities. It’s an opportunity to broaden your accounting experience, contribute ideas for process improvements, and make a visible impact within a collaborative and supportive environment as you grow with the company.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-Time
• Location: In-person Raleigh, NC

• Team: Reports to the Controller and partners with the finance team.
• Mission: This person supports accurate financial reporting and efficient accounting operations to strengthen the company’s growth.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Reconcile: Perform accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Improve: Identify and implement improvements to accounting processes, including opportunities for technology and automation.
• Maintain: Document and update accounting policies and procedures, ensuring invoices are approved, payments are timely, and expenses are properly classified.
• Collaborate: Partner with the Controller, finance team, and internal teams to analyze business performance and resolve accounting questions and discrepancies.
• Support: Contribute to additional accounting projects and finance team needs as they arise.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is required.
• Experience: At least 1 year of relevant accounting experience.
• Skills: Strong math skills and confidence working with financial data; excellent attention to detail and a consistent habit of double-checking work; strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, and pivot tables; strong analytical and problem-solving skills to resolve discrepancies; clear, proactive communication, organizational, and time management skills.
• Bonus: An interest in improving processes, learning new systems, and taking on additional responsibility.