Freight Audit & Transportation Analyst
Cincinnati, OHContract / TemporarySeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Freight Audit & Transportation Analyst audits transportation invoices and verifies freight charges against carrier agreements. The role identifies discrepancies and overpayments, resolves invoice exceptions with carriers and internal teams, and analyzes freight spending to support cost control. It is a six-month contract assignment with potential conversion to employee status, based at the company’s Sharonville, Ohio distribution center. The company does not sponsor employment-based visas.
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It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. At this time, the Company does not sponsor employment-based visas for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. This position is based at our Sharonville, Ohio distribution center. PLEASE NOTE: This is a 6-month contract assignment with the potential to convert to employee status. POSITION SUMMARY: The Freight Audit & Transportation Analyst is responsible for auditing transportation invoices and ensuring freight charges are accurate, contractually compliant, and properly supported. This role reviews carrier invoices, freight rates, fuel surcharges, and accessorial charges to identify billing discrepancies, recover overpayments, and provide visib ility into freight spending. The position partners closely with Logistics, Procurement, Customer Service, Finance, and carriers to resolve invoice exceptions and support transportation cost control initiatives. Key Responsibilities * Audit and validate freight invoices for TL, LTL, bulk tanker, parcel, intermodal, and specialty chemical shipments. * Verify rates, fuel surcharges, detention, demurrage, layover, TONU, tank wash, and other accessorial charges against carrier agreements. * Identify billing discrepancies, duplicate invoices, unsupported charges, and overpayments. * Manage freight invoice exceptions and coordinate resolution with carriers and internal stakeholders. * Maintain freight audit documentation and support Accounts Payable payment approvals. * Track disputed charges, credits, recoveries, and carrier billing performance. * Analyze freight spend trends and identify opportunities to reduce transportation costs. * Develop reporting on freight spend, accessorial costs, invoice accuracy, carrier performance, and freight cost-per-shipment. * Support carrier sourcing and transportation negotiations through historical cost and billing data. * Ensure compliance with chemical transportation requirements, hazardous materials shipments, and company transportation controls. QUALIFICATIONS: Required * 2+ years of experience in freight audit, transportation, logistics, supply chain, or accounts payable. * Knowledge of freight rates, fuel surcharges, and accessorial billing. * Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and data reconciliation. * Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. * Strong attention to detail and ability to manage high transaction volumes. Preferred * Experience in chemical manufacturing, distribution, or industrial transportation. * Familiarity with TMS, ERP, or freight payment systems. * Experience with Power BI and transportation analytics. * Knowledge of bulk tanker and hazardous materials shipping. Education & Experience * Associate's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred. * Bachelor's degree preferred but not required. * Minimum of 2 years of experience in freight audit, transportation, logistics, supply chain, freight payment, carrier relatio
How this job compares
Set against the 501 open Logistics Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–110K/yr200 salary ranges
- US median$25–30/hr48 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 29 open Logistics Analyst jobs in Ohio and 501 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Logistics Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (385 postings).
- Education
- 178 of the 501 open Logistics Analyst jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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