JAX Accountant / Operations Finance

# JAX Accountant — Roam Logistics Roam Logistics is a relationship-driven freight broker built around white-glove, temperature-controlled, and specialized freight. We're not a commodity-rate shop — we win on service, communication, and the kind of hands-on relationships that get a phone call answered at 10pm when something goes sideways on a high-value load. We're expanding our footprint with a new Jacksonville terminal, and we're hiring the founding team for that office. ## Why This Role Exists The new Jacksonville terminal needs its own dedicated finance and accounting hands. Today, freight brokerage finance is layered with carrier settlements, customer invoicing, factoring relationships, and reconciliations that pile up fast if they're not handled cleanly. We need someone who owns the JAX office's books day-to-day so ops and sales can focus on moving freight. ## What You'll Own - **Carrier settlements & payments.** Process daily carrier payments, manage quick-pay vs. standard terms, resolve settlement disputes, maintain factoring company relationships. - **Customer invoicing & AR.** Generate invoices the day a load delivers, get them to customers cleanly, follow up on aged receivables, manage credit holds in coordination with the Station Manager. - **Daily reconciliations.** Match invoices to load files, identify rate discrepancies, accessorial charges, detention claims. Catch leaks before they become real money. - **Month-end close.** Own the JAX terminal's contribution to monthly close — accruals, intercompany allocations, expense categorization, P&L review with the Station Manager. - **Cash management.** Forecast inflows and outflows for the JAX office, flag any liquidity concerns early. - **Factoring & banking ops.** Manage the daily relationship with the factor — schedule submissions, reconcile advances and reserves, resolve buyback issues. - **Cost controls.** Spot the leaks: chassis fees being absorbed instead of billed, detention not being charged, claims being eaten silently. ## What You Bring **Required:** - 3+ years of accounting in freight brokerage, 3PL, or trucking — this is industry-specific work, not general accounting - Hands-on with freight TMS billing modules (Aljex, McLeod, Profit Tools) and at least one ERP / accounting system (QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics) - Strong Excel — not just SUMs, but pivots, lookups, comfort building and maintaining a settlement reconciliation workbook - Working knowledge of factoring company workflows and reserves - Detail-obsessed; the kind of person who reconciles to the penny because $50 missed daily compounds fast **Would NOT fit:** - General staff accountants without industry-specific freight experience - Anyone uncomfortable chasing PODs and rate confirmations to clear settlement holds - Backgrounds heavy on audit / public accounting without operations exposure ## Compensation - **Base salary: $60,000 – $90,000** depending on experience and TMS / factoring depth - Bonus eligible after the JAX terminal hits its first full-quarter targets - Health, retirement, standard benefits - Direct line to ownership and the Station Manager — your work directly drives the office's profitability ## Location & Work Arrangement (Mandatory) - **Jacksonville, FL** — this role is JAX-based, non-negotiable. Candidates outside the JAX metro will not be considered. - **Remote-first launch**: work from home through the end of Q2 2026 (June 30, 2026) while we build out the JAX terminal infrastructure. - **In-office from Q3 2026 onward**: starting July 1, 2026, daily work happens at our JAX terminal. This is not a long-term remote role.