Job description:
Purpose: Consolidate all vessel/voyage expenses, match them with income, and prepare the initial vessel profitability for review.
Responsibilities
• Book and verify all vessel and voyage expenses:
• Port disbursements (PDA/FDA/NFDA).
• Terminal and stevedoring charges.
• Slot or charter hire, container lease and repositioning.
• Bunkers, agency fees, and other voyage costs.
• Check vendor bills against contracts, approvals, and the PDA–FDA position. Ensure GST/TDS treatment and coordinate payments.
• Obtain income data (freight, local charges, detention/demurrage income) from the billing team and reconcile it.
• Prepare voyage-wise and vessel-wise profitability (income vs. expense, cost per TEU, margin).
• Track accruals, unbilled income, and unpaid expenses at period end.
• Flag variances, leakages, and unrecovered costs to management.
• Support forex, remittance, audit, and statutory compliance in coordination with the Head of Accounts.
• Guide the billing executive and review her/his work.