Thanks everyone. The sorting script worked. Not sure I understand the last comment about using my %entry. I'm sure this may help in speed of script. So I would love some further clarification on that. Also I made a slight change in sorting script to get a descending order. here is the final code. 
          for (@{ $data->{'mail-item'} }) {
               my %entry;
       
               $entry{job}            = $_->{'mail-jobnum'};
               $entry{product}        = $_->{'mail-prodnum'};
               $entry{statement_date} = $_->{'mail-statement-date'};
       
               push(@statements, {%entry});
          }
          
          @statements = sort by_date @statements;          

          $c->stash->{statements} = \@statements;

sub by_date {
    my $dateA = $a->{statement_date};
    my $dateB = $b->{statement_date};
    $dateA =~ s!(\d\d)/(\d\d)/(\d\d\d\d)!$3$1$2!;
    $dateB =~ s!(\d\d)/(\d\d)/(\d\d\d\d)!$3$1$2!;
    $dateB cmp $dateA;
}

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