Senior Accountant

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Tampa, FL, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Logistics • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
The Role
The Senior Accountant will manage reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, cash receipts, and month-end close activities. The role includes preparing financial reports, analyzing variances, investigating payment and commission discrepancies, maintaining accounting documentation, and improving workflows and standard operating procedures. The position supports finance leadership and collaborates across departments in a fast-paced logistics environment.
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About CURA Freight

CURA Freight is an award-winning third-party logistics provider specializing in complex, time-sensitive freight solutions across North America. CURA has been recognized by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as a Best Place to Work for 2023–2026.

We move fast, solve problems, and win as a team. Our success comes from urgency, accountability, and delivering a level of service that customers can rely on when it matters most. That same standard applies behind the scenes, where accurate, timely financial reporting keeps the business running and growing.

As CURA continues to grow, we’re adding a Senior Accountant to our team at our Tampa, FL headquarters. In this role, you’ll help strengthen our financial operations, improve processes as we scale, and give leadership the visibility it needs to make sound decisions.

We’re looking for detail-driven, accountable professionals who take ownership of their work and want more than a job. At CURA, you’ll find long-term career growth and a direct impact on the company’s success.

About the Opportunity
CURA Freight is seeking a detail-oriented, experienced Senior Accountant to support our growing accounting and finance operations.
This is a hands-on opportunity for someone who enjoys solving problems, maintaining accurate financial records, and improving processes in a fast-paced transportation and logistics environment.
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and working closely with the Director of Finance, this individual will help manage day-to-day accounting activities, support month-end close, investigate discrepancies, and strengthen financial procedures.
What You’ll Do
  • Prepare monthly bank and credit card reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
  • Support month-end close through journal entry preparation, accruals, prepaid expenses, and general ledger reconciliation.
  • Assist with financial reporting, account analysis, and balance sheet and P&L variance reviews.
  • Process and reconcile vendor invoices, cash receipts, and accounts payable transactions.
  • Research commission discrepancies, carrier payment exceptions, and accounting variances across multiple systems.
  • Maintain accurate accounting records, reconciliation schedules, and financial documentation.
  • Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows and develop standard operating procedures.
  • Provide backup support for Carrier Services inquiries and coordinate escalations with finance leadership.

What We’re Looking For
  • At least 3 years of accounting, bookkeeping, staff accounting, or related finance operations experience.
  • Hands-on experience with general ledger accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close.
  • Strong Excel skills and comfort working across multiple financial systems.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
  • Professional written and verbal communication skills.
  • The ability to work independently while collaborating with multiple departments.

Preferred Experience
  • Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
  • Experience within logistics, transportation, freight brokerage, or another transaction-heavy environment.
  • Familiarity with transportation management systems, cloud accounting software, or financial process automation.
  • Experience improving accounting procedures and developing SOPs.

Why This Role Matters
As a Senior Accountant at CURA, you’ll play an important role in supporting financial accuracy, improving operational efficiency, and helping our accounting team maintain dependable processes as the business evolves.

Skills Required

  • At least 3 years of accounting, bookkeeping, staff accounting, or related finance operations experience
  • Hands-on experience with general ledger accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close
  • Strong Excel skills and comfort working across multiple financial systems
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Ability to manage competing priorities
  • Professional written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating with multiple departments
  • Associate's or bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
  • Experience within logistics, transportation, freight brokerage, or another transaction-heavy environment
  • Familiarity with transportation management systems, cloud accounting software, or financial process automation
  • Experience improving accounting procedures and developing standard operating procedures
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The Company
HQ: Riyadh
50 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

CURA is a third party logistics provider offering freight transportation and logistics solutions across North America. CURA offers a range of services from over the road (OTR), over dimensional, full truckload (FTL), container, drayage, intermodal, warehousing, transloading, refrigerated, and more. The CURA team brings a caring attitude to every interaction we have with our customers, vendors and partners. We make sure to go above and beyond to provide the highest level of service possible and take the stress out of your freight management. When you are looking for a logistics company that CARES, you can count on us.

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