Revenue Accounting Manager, LST GroupRole snapshot
TitleRevenue Accounting ManagerLocationChattanooga, TN (hybrid: 3 days in office, 2 days remote)Reports toEVP of FinanceTypeFull-time, exemptScopeBilling, accounts receivable and collections, cash application
What you will ownBilling- Own customer invoicing end to end, from load delivery and proof of delivery through invoice release
- Drive accurate, timely billing of linehaul, fuel surcharge and accessorials, and resolve rate and documentation discrepancies with operations and sales
- Manage billing for customer portals, EDI and customer-specific invoicing requirements
- Shorten delivery-to-invoice time and reduce billing errors and rebills
AR and collections- Lead collections strategy and execution across the customer base, with a clear focus on DSO and past-due aging
- Partner with branch and sales leaders on customer disputes, short pays and credit issues
- Support customer credit review and limits in partnership with finance leadership
- Own the AR aging, bad debt reserve support and month-end AR reconciliations
Cash application- Ensure payments are applied accurately and daily across checks, ACH, wires and lockbox
- Clear unapplied cash, short pays and deductions promptly
- Reconcile cash receipts to the bank and the subledger
Process and technology- Design and document revenue accounting processes, controls and policies where few exist today
- Lead implementation and optimization of Revenova (TMS) and Accounting Seed workflows, integrations and automation for billing, AR and cash application
- Build the reporting on DSO, aging, billing cycle time and cash forecasting inputs that leadership relies on
Leadership- Lead, develop and grow the revenue accounting team, setting clear expectations and accountability
- Contribute to month-end close on revenue, AR and cash
- Act as a trusted partner to operations, sales and branch leadership
What you bringRequired- Freight brokerage experience in billing, AR, collections or revenue accounting. You know how loads, PODs, accessorials and customer disputes actually work.
- Hands-on fluency in Revenova and Accounting Seed, including how data flows between the TMS and the general ledger
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years leading people
- A track record of building or rebuilding processes and controls, not only running existing ones
- Strong working knowledge of Excel and reporting within Salesforce-based platforms
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related field
Who thrives here- Builders who want ownership and are comfortable creating structure where it does not yet exist
- Leaders who hold a team to a high standard and develop people
- Clear communicators who can push back on operations and sales with facts and still keep the relationship
Nice to have- CPA or progress toward it
- Multimodal experience (truckload, LTL, intermodal, drayage)
- Experience leading a system implementation or migration
- Familiarity with credit tools and freight factoring relationships
What success looks like in year one- Billing, AR and cash application processes are documented, controlled and owned by the team
- Delivery-to-invoice time and DSO are tracked weekly and trending down
- Unapplied cash and past-due aging are consistently under control
- Revenova and Accounting Seed are automating work that is manual today
- The team is stable, trained and ready to take on a broader scope
Why LST- A profitable, growing brokerage with long-term ownership
- Real ownership of a function and a direct line to finance leadership
- A hybrid schedule: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
- A growing Chattanooga presence you will help build
