Billing Agent, Exports

Company Description

As a Fortune 500 company, Expeditors employs more than 16,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 329 locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customize solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include the consolidation and forwarding or air or ocean freight. Customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-define transportation. Order and risk management, warehousing. distribution and customized logistics solutions. Expeditors is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

**Job Description**:
Scope of Position
Billing Agent executes flawless operational performance, productivity, technical expertise, excellent customer service and constantly driving efficiency, supporting our Vision and Mission Statement, making our promise real to all our customers.

Key Deliverables

Proactively monitor the following key metrics to achieve the expected results:
Employee Satisfaction:

- Complete 52 hour training per year (4.5 per month).
- Complete all mandatory training timely.

Operational Effectiveness:

- Product OPA Audit Result Perform consistently at the highest level.
- Timely Execution:
INV within 24 hours after ARI.

All Additional bills with 30 days of INV

General responsibilities:

- Exemplify and Teach Our Culture, Mission and Goals.
- Follow the 10 Critical Success Factors.
- Contribute to build healthy cross functional relationship and work environment, promote team spirit and cohesiveness in the department.
- Comply with the Dress Code Policy.
- For new employees, ensure the completion of New Hire Curriculum and Billing Certification.
- Own your self development. Prepare, follow up and execute on your personal development goals
- Conduct billing process efficiently and minimum to no errors.

Operations:

- Comply with company controls, policies, procedures, processes including the credit policy.
- Understand and make sure the expectations on Billing SOP are comply and keep updated when is needed.
- Participate in meetings when is needed.
- Ensure accurate and timely billing of customers.
- Properly use all Expeditors systems and tools.
- Understand and comply with company policies and procedures.
- Meet KPI Standards in accordance with the Company’s Procedures (OPS ) as it applies to billing process
- Contribute to operational effectiveness and comply with District Excellence metrics applicable on your Product.
- Escalate issues to Lead, Supervisor or Department Manager as needed.

Security, Health and Safety:

- Responsible to inform immediately to the Branch’s Health and Safety representative any unsafe condition that could put employees at risk in the work place as well as any incident or accident.

Finance:

- Monitor and constantly work on prevent monetary losses.

**Qualifications**:
To be the most effective in this position we are looking for the following skills and experience:

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred or equivalent convention of education and experience.
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in Accounting.
- Hands on knowledge of Customs clearance functions.
- Customer Satisfaction oriented.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to communicate at all levels written and oral communication and presentations.
- Develop and maintain a professional relationships with clients, service providers and employees.
- Good time management and attention to detail oriented.
- Ability to complete work within standard procedures, guidelines and office policies.
- Self driven personality.
- English fluency 60%.
- Commitment to Exemplify our culture at all times.

Additional Information
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.