Logistics Freight Auditor (Temporary)

NEW ERA CAP • Buffalo, NY

12d • Onsite

About The Position

New Era Cap, LLC. is hiring a Logistics Freight Auditor for its downtown Buffalo, NY headquarters. This full-time, temporary position is estimated to last six months and is 100% on-site, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The role performs secondary audits and analysis of freight invoices and spend across Parcel, LTL, Truckload, and Freight Forwarder accounts after initial processing by the company’s primary Freight Auditing Company. It protects freight spend by validating charges against contracted rates, approved services, and shipment activity, and by identifying and recovering overbillings.

The auditor also turns freight audit and shipment data into dashboards, KPIs, and cost insights to support mode and carrier optimization, reduce avoidable accessorial charges, and inform budgeting and rate negotiations. The position works closely with Transportation, Finance, Accounts Payable, Distribution, 3PL partners, carriers, and freight forwarders to improve cost visibility and freight audit controls. The role is part of the Logistics & Distribution team, which manages product movement from factory through delivery to the end customer.

The position is based entirely on-site in Buffalo, NY, with 0% to 5% domestic and/or global travel. The posted hourly pay range for candidates located in Western New York is $20.00 to $25.00. New Era describes its casual work environment as celebrating individuality and offers competitive compensation, a generous PTO policy, health and other benefits, paid parking, employee discounts on apparel and headwear, and on-site professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Working knowledge of freight billing practices across Parcel, LTL, Truckload, and international ocean and air modes, including freight classification and accessorial charges.
• Advanced Excel skills, including XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, pivot tables, Power Query, data reconciliation, and large-dataset analysis.
• Experience building dashboards and reports in Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools.
• Experience extracting and analyzing data from SAP, a TMS, and freight audit/payment platforms.
• Ability to read and interpret carrier contracts, rate tables, tariffs, and fuel surcharge schedules, and to model rate and cost scenarios.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, concise insights and recommendations for Supply Chain and Finance leadership.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate professionally with carriers, audit partners, and internal teams.
• Proactive, positive, adaptable, and persistent, with the ability to respond to change with urgency.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Two to four years of experience in freight audit, freight analytics, transportation analysis, or logistics accounting.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing freight spend and reporting KPIs across multiple transportation modes.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Analytics, Accounting, Finance, or a related field; relevant job experience may substitute for a degree.
• Working knowledge of SQL or other data-query tools.
• Experience working with a third-party Freight Auditing Company.
• Experience in a retail, apparel, or high-volume omnichannel B2B/B2C distribution environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform secondary post-audit reviews of freight invoices across Parcel, LTL, Truckload, and Freight Forwarder accounts.
• Validate invoiced charges against carrier contracts, tariffs, fuel surcharge tables, accessorial schedules, minimum charges, and approved service levels.
• Audit mode-specific charges, including parcel address corrections and dimensional weight; LTL freight class, NMFC, and reweigh/reclass charges; truckload detention, layover, stop-off, and TONU charges; and freight forwarder origin/destination, demurrage, detention, chassis, and per diem fees.
• Identify, document, and dispute billing discrepancies, duplicate billings, and overcharges; track disputes and recoveries through resolution.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with the Freight Auditing Company regarding audit exceptions, invoice holds, rejected invoices, and audit rule or rate-table updates.
• Verify that carrier contracts, rate agreements, and accessorial schedules in the Freight Auditing Company platform and internal systems are current and accurate; escalate gaps to the Manager, Logistics Transportation.
• Reconcile Freight Auditing Company audit and payment data with shipment data in SAP and the TMS; confirm shipments are billed once and allocated to the correct cost center, channel, and GL code.
• Build, maintain, and distribute freight analytics dashboards and reports covering freight spend, savings and recoveries, dispute aging, accessorial trends, and audit performance.
• Develop and track freight KPIs, including cost per shipment, unit, and pound; freight cost as a percentage of sales; accessorial spend as a percentage of total freight; and on-time performance by carrier and mode.
• Analyze freight spend by mode, carrier, lane, channel, customer, and facility to identify cost drivers and opportunities for optimization, carrier-mix changes, and shipment consolidation.
• Perform root-cause analysis of avoidable accessorial and surcharge spend and partner with Distribution, 3PL partners, and Customer Relations on corrective actions.
• Model the financial impact of General Rate Increases, fuel surcharge changes, contract renewals, and proposed routing or mode changes; support rate reviews and bid events with historical shipment and invoice data.
• Develop carrier and forwarder scorecards combining cost, billing accuracy, and service performance for business reviews led by the Manager, Logistics Transportation.
• Partner with Finance and Accounts Payable on freight accruals, budget-versus-actual analysis, month-end close, and freight spend forecasting.
• Document and maintain freight audit and analytics SOPs, data definitions, and report logic; support improvements to audit rules, controls, and reporting automation.
• Maintain organized audit records and supporting documentation, including BOLs, PODs, rate confirmations, and invoices, in accordance with record-retention requirements.
• Keep sensitive matters confidential.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off policy.
• Health and other benefits intended to promote health, financial stability, and personal growth.
• Paid parking.
• Employee discounts on apparel and headwear.
• On-site professional development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed