Transportation Analyst

Location: Remote / Hybrid (as applicable)
Department: Professional Services
Reports To: Director of Professional Services / VP

Help Global Shippers Make Smarter Decisions

At Intelligent Audit, we help some of the world's leading brands optimize transportation spend, improve carrier performance, and create more efficient supply chains through advanced freight audit technology and analytics. Our platform processes massive transportation data sets, delivering actionable insights that help clients ship faster, reduce costs, and improve customer experience.

What You'll Do

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The individual with this position in our company will be expected, on a regular basis, to:

As a Transportation Data Analyst, you'll work directly with clients, project managers, and internal stakeholders to uncover opportunities for cost savings, operational improvements, and transportation network optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs quantitative analysis on complex data sets.
• Work both independently and under the direction of a Project Manager, to pursue Clients' interests.
• Develop, qualify, and quantify strategic initiatives to progress clients toward transportation maturity using both systematic and ad hoc tools.
• Apply industry knowledge and best practices to creatively develop strategies and initiatives to help clients increase efficiency, improve performance, and reduce costs.
• Provide consultative knowledge, experience, and advice to both IA staff and clients within the areas of data quality, transportation, logistics, and/or supply chain, with specialized focus on analytics, cost containment, modeling, and negotiations.
• Ability to communicate, effectively and with confidence and professionalism, via presentations (PowerPoint), verbal (both in person and via multi-media) and written to various levels of personnel. (Freight Payment Analyst to CEO)
• Highlight areas of continuous improvement with the core business (freight audit, processing, & data integrity), and contribute to strategic planning initiatives
• Act as the primary or secondary resource for customer-facing meetings
• Ability to multi-task and meet all project deadlines, as well as target dates
• Co-Lead sessions, document recommendations, and provide for scope management
• Interact with Sales and assist with content and group demonstrations
• Achieve targets for personal productivity as assigned

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Information Technology, Informatics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• 3-5+ years of transportation, logistics, freight audit, carrier analytics, sourcing, or optimization experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience analyzing large data sets.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex findings to non-technical audiences.
• Strong client-facing consulting skills and experience managing stakeholder expectations.
• Experience creating executive-level reports, presentations, and recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with freight audit and payment operations.
• Knowledge of parcel, LTL, truckload, and transportation cost management.
• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Access, or similar analytics tools.
• Carrier, shipper, or transportation consulting experience.
• Experience supporting transportation sourcing events, carrier negotiations, or network optimization initiatives.

Senior Transportation Data Analyst (Optional Level)

Candidates may be considered for a Senior Transportation Data Analyst title based on experience and demonstrated expertise.

Senior-level candidates will typically have:

• 7+ years of transportation analytics, consulting, sourcing, optimization, or freight audit experience.
• Proven experience leading strategic transportation initiatives and client engagements.
• Advanced expertise in carrier negotiations, transportation benchmarking, and cost reduction strategies.
• Strong executive presence with experience presenting to senior leadership and C-suite stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring analysts and leading project workstreams.
• Advanced technical skills in BI and data visualization platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, SQL, or similar technologies.

Why Intelligent Audit?

• Work with industry-leading transportation data and technology.
• Influence strategic decisions for global brands.
• Collaborate with transportation, analytics, and technology experts.
• Opportunity for professional growth in a rapidly expanding company.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Remote-friendly and flexible work environment.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're passionate about transportation analytics, supply chain optimization, and helping clients uncover meaningful savings opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of transportation intelligence.

Interview Information: Salary and title will be based on experience in the role. Be prepared to demonstrate your Excel skills, speak comfortably about transportation metrics, and prove your transportation experience.