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About DAT

Discover your future at DAT Freight & Analytics, where innovation meets impact. For over four decades, DAT has been at the forefront of transportation and logistics, helping businesses move freight with greater efficiency and confidence. We are a technology company that removes uncertainty from freight for truckers, brokers, and shippers every day. Our advanced tools and data intelligence empower professionals to make smarter decisions, optimize costs, and operate more successfully. Through the industry's largest digital freight marketplace and insights derived from over $1 trillion in freight transactions, we provide the mission-critical information that keeps supply chains running smoothly across the country. DAT is proud to be an award-winning workplace that fosters innovation, celebrates success, and values professional growth. With strategic offices in Beaverton, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Springfield, Missouri, and Bangalore, India, our teams collaborate to solve the transportation industry's most complex challenges. Ready to shape the future of freight technology? Learn more atdat.com/company.

Application Deadline:10/1/2025

The Opportunity

DAT, an innovative SaaS company, is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Accountant to join our accounting team in Beaverton, OR.

This is a critical role that will be instrumental in the successful integration of three newly acquired entities and the implementation of a new ERP system as well as ensuring the accuracy of financial records, adherence to accounting principles and regulations, and efficient financial management. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem-solver with a strong background in complex accounting environments, including experience with a major ERP system like NetSuite, SAP, or Oracle.

What You'll Do

• Oversee and maintain the accuracy of the general ledger.
• Perform and/or perform 1st level review of complex account reconciliations and journal entries.
• Ensure proper accruals, prepaid expenses, and other balance sheet accounts are maintained.
• Identify and implement process efficiencies to streamline accounting operations and improve internal controls.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, regulations, and internal controls and support Finance leadership through the annual audit process.
• Lead the month-end and year-end close processes, navigating the complexity of multiple sets of books
• Develop, maintain and implement accounting policies and procedures to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize existing systems and implement new ERP solutions.
• Provide guidance and support to the accounting team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Assist in the preparation of audit schedules and work with internal and external auditors to ensure compliance.
• Mentor a team of accounting professionals (accountant, accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, and payroll), ensuring their continuous development and growth.

The Skills and Experience You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and or Finance
• CPA or CMA certification is a plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting, with at least 1-2 years in as an experienced accountant role. Public accounting experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working in a SaaS company, with a strong grasp of accounting for subscription-based revenue, deferred revenue, and customer lifecycle accounting.
• Proven experience with system and process optimizations and ERP implementation and/or optimization. Experience leveraging technology to drive efficiency.
• Extensive experience working in a complex ERP system (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle). Experience with an ERP implementation is highly desirable. We currently use Great Plains as our ERP, however, will be migrating to a new ERP system in 2026.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP.
• Experience with financial consolidations and reporting for a multi-entity organization.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced functions, pivot tables, VLOOKUPs).

Why DAT?

DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We've been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado's 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Up to 20 days of paid time off starting in year one
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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