Freight Audit Payment Analyst, Business Operations-Variable

AWS Infrastructure • Austin, TX

8h

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure is looking for a talented, driven, and highly analytical Freight Audit Payment Analyst with a hunger for driving change and impact at a global scale to join Amazon Web Services team. If you thrive on optimizing operations and delivering customer impacting results, we have an opportunity for you. The Freight Audit Payment Analyst is responsible for reviewing, auditing, and processing freight invoices to ensure accurate payment to transportation carriers and logistics service providers. This role supports supply chain operations by identifying billing discrepancies, managing payment workflows, and maintaining vendor relationships. The successful candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills and have a passion for using data to drive business decisions. You are analytical and creative, and you don’t quit until you solve the problem. You thrive by providing data-driven decision support and business intelligence that is timely, accurate, and actionable. AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results, or experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
• 1+ years of logistics operations experience
• 2+ years of Excel (pivots, lookups, etc.) experience
• Experience in program management, logistics, operations, supply chain, transportation, or a related field
• Experience demonstrating problem solving and root cause analysis
• Knowledge of project management tools
• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
• Highly analytical, detail oriented and strong business sense; proven ability to manage new ideas and creative solutions
• Manage and prioritize workload and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, growing and ambiguous environment

Responsibilities

• Audit freight invoices: Review and audit freight invoices against contracted rates, shipment details, and agreed terms to identify billing errors, overcharges, and discrepancies
• Identify billing discrepancies: Detect and document any inconsistencies or errors, such as incorrect rates, duplicate charges, or unauthorized accessorial fees.
• Resolve billing issues: Work collaboratively with Logistics Service Providers (LSPs), internal procurement teams, and accounts payable to investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Work with technology teams and payable teams to ensure compliance with payment terms, timely freight invoice payments and provide excellent carrier experience.
• Optimize freight costs: Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements by analyzing freight expenses and communicating with Logistics Service Providers (LSPs).
• Maintain data accuracy: Ensure data integrity within freight audit systems, transportation management systems (TMS), and other relevant databases.
• Generate reports: Create reports on freight audit findings, cost savings, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to provide valuable insights for decision-making.
• Stay informed: Keep abreast of industry trends, regulations, and best practices in freight auditing and logistics to enhance performance.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level