Corporate Analyst

The Corporate Analyst opportunity with PGL is designed to meet or exceed the expectations of our customers, every time we are of service to them. To respond quickly and proactively to challenges, in order to facilitate a quick and positive solution. To unselfishly perform any job-related task with a positive attitude and a high degree of accuracy. To help fellow team members in your department, as well as other departments, when they may need it. The Corporate Analyst will also focus on working with various stakeholders of the customer, including managers, supply chain executives, etc., and to ensure PGL management that complete and accurate accounting/billing solutions are being provided to our customers.

Tasks

- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information. Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes. Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.

- Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.

- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.

- Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.

- Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.

- Compile statistical, financial, accounting or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.

- Code documents according to company procedures.

- Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.

- Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.

- Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.

- Perform general office duties such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.

Work Activities

- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

- Documenting/Recording Information

- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

- Performing Administrative Activities

- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

- Processing Information

- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

- Analyzing Data or Information

- Making Decisions and Solving Problems

- Getting Information

- Interacting with Computers

- use spreadsheet software

- prepare financial reports

- reconcile or balance financial records

- prepare reports

- use accounting or bookkeeping software

- prepare billing statements

- process invoices

- compute financial data

- use computers to enter, access or retrieve data

- perform clerical duties including typing, accepting orders, or sorting mail

- detect discrepancies on records or reports

- examine documents for completeness, accuracy, or conformance to standards

- compile data for financial reports

- process account invoices

- maintain records, reports, or files

- fill out business or government forms

- use word processing or desktop publishing software

Education and Experience

Years of Experience: 3-5 Years of Business/Intermediate Accounting working directly for a Freight Forwarding/3PL organization

Education: Industry-related degree and/or certification

Knowledge

Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Skills

Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Abilities

Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Tools

- Desktop computers

- Facsimile machines

- Laptop computers

- Special-purpose telephones

- Multi-line telephone systems

Technology

- Compliance software

- Electronic mail software

- Enterprise resource planning ERP software

- Manufacturing resource planning MRP software

- Customer resource management CRM software

- Logistics and supply chain software (CargoWise ediEnterprise)

- Spreadsheet software

- Microsoft Excel and other office applications