Company Description
We take care of our employees, and they take care of our customers!
Become a member of a global community! The international logistics industry is an integral piece of the global trade puzzle; we make the world go round. Global supply chain management is what we do, and at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 19,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 350+ locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.
Our Mission
We recruit, train, and retain the very best logistics and technical experts the world over. We love to promote from within - more than 50 percent of our employees have been at Expeditors for five years or more. Our high retention rate is influenced by a unique compensation program for positions that are more than just jobs - they're chances to grow, do what you love and build a career with us!
Job Description
Support the Accounts Receivable team to ensure an efficient collection of the AR for the Branch. Play an active role in communicating new ideas and suggesting process improvements to streamline procedures within the department to eliminate unnecessary accounting work for the branch.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Operations / Finance:
- Reduce the AR over terms for the branch
- Reduce the credit balances due to customers
- Process credit applications
- Process credit reviews
- Process credit limits for all accounts
- Monitor exceptions reports timely
- Weekly AR reporting to be completed
- Provide support for AR team holiday cover
- Assist the Branch Accounting Supervisor / Manager with projects
- Complete the mandatory Expeditors training alongside the necessary desk-side training
Systems:
- Assist Supervisor / Manager with changes impacted by law (procedures and policies)
- Proactively communicate suggestions for process changes or adaptations
Culture:
Proactively promote the company’s 10 cultural attributes: Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humour, and Visionary
Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience and Education Requirements
- Attitude to learn
- Work well under pressure
- Enjoy a challenge
- Office experience is desirable
- Attention to detail is a must
- Good computer skills (Excel (intermediate level), Word, Outlook)
Additional Information
Expeditors offers excellent benefits
- Private Medical Insurance
- Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Bike to work scheme
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Programme
Top Skills
What We Do
Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 (374) company, we employ over 16,500 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 320 locations across six continents. Expeditors is focused on the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, vendor consolidation, customs clearance, cargo insurance, distribution and other value-added logistics services.
We pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization that takes the time to understand each customer's individual business needs. As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing customers' supply chains. Our relationships with local suppliers and global air and ocean partners provides our customers with the best routing and pricing options. Expeditors' comprehensive, flexible spectrum of services is supported by leading-edge information technology providing the highest level of end to end visibility.
To maintain consistent quality and customer service across the globe, Expeditors has regional headquarters located in London, Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore.
At Expeditors, our industry professionals, award winning processes and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, "You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you."
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