Accounting Manager

Serve Freight; United States; Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 103,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Hybrid in Asheville or Cleveland

1099 contract

Job summary

Serve Freight is seeking a senior accounting professional for a fully remote or hybrid role based in Asheville, NC or Cleveland, OH. This part-time position offers 20–25 hours per week on a 1099 contract with pay from $55 to $75 per hour depending on experience.

You will manage month-end close, factoring accounting, AR/AP oversight, and bank reconciliations, while mentoring the accounting staff and collaborating with the owner and AR specialist.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in accounting with leadership experience.
• Freight brokerage/3PL or transportation accounting experience required.
• Hands-on invoice factoring experience and balance-sheet impact explained.

Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end close, calendar, journal entries and reconciliations.
• Manage factoring accounting: advances, reserves, fees, chargebacks and weekly reconciliations.
• Oversee AR and AP with the existing specialist and mentor staff.
• Maintain bank reconciliations and clean up the chart of accounts.
• Lead and mentor accounting staff and grow the team.
• Prepare monthly financials suitable for third-party review.

Skills

Freight accounting

Invoice factoring

Staff leadership

General ledger

Tools

TMS

Job description

Fully Remote or Hybrid in Asheville, NC or Cleveland, OH

20 to 25 hours per week

Serve Freight is a US-based freight broker focused on complex, time-sensitive, coordination-heavy freight. ServeProjects is our project logistics division, moving heavy haul, breakbulk and multi-stop industrial freight for customers who need one accountable owner from cargo confirmation to final POD. Revenue has grown materially this year. The accounting team needs to catch up with the volume, and this is the senior hire that does it. You'll work directly with our AR specialist and the owner, and you'll have real say in how the function gets built.

What you'll own

• Month-end close. Calendar, journal entries, reconciliations, financials out by the 10th.
• Factoring accounting. Advances, reserves, holdbacks, fees and chargebacks, reconciling the factor portal to the general ledger every week.
• AR and AP oversight, working alongside our AR specialist on the harder items rather than above her.
• Bank reconciliations and cleaning up the chart of accounts.
• Leadership of accounting staff. Mentoring and leading are a critical part of this role. Sharing what you know and helping people grow in their careers.
• Monthly financials that a third party could review and rely on.

What you need

• 5+ years in accounting, including time leading or mentoring staff.
• Freight brokerage, 3PL or transportation accounting. This is the requirement we won't flex on. Carrier costs, accessorials and margin per load need to be familiar territory.
• Hands-on experience with invoice factoring. You should be able to explain how advances, reserves and fees hit the balance sheet and why.
• Comfortable being the most senior accounting person in the room on a given day, and comfortable doing the entry yourself.

Nice to have

• CPA
• Experience with a TMS

Details

• 20 to 25 hours a week, contract, 1099.
• $55 to $75 an hour depending on experience.
• Remote works, with preference to hybrid in Asheville or Cleveland.
• Start within one to two weeks.
• There is the potential for this to transition into a full-time role for the right candidate.