Operational Accounting Sr Analyst

PepsiCo•Winston-Salem, NC

14h

About The Position

PepsiCo Finance partners have a seat at the table across all facets and functions within the company. As a Finance professional, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a multi-disciplinary career path across a broad number of functions, and make meaningful contributions towards creating smiles for consumers, driving full-potential performance, and achieving our Winning with Purpose vision. Finance associates at PepsiCo embody four key roles that create value for our business: Enhance enterprise value as a ‘Trustee’, deliver sustainable performance and results as an ‘Integrator’, reshape the business as a ‘Catalyst’ of change and set the long-term strategy as a ‘Navigator’. As Control Shared Services (CSS), we take pride in driving successful careers for our associates. Whether your journey is dedicated to Control or extends to the broader organization, CSS offers tremendous opportunities to develop a wide range of skills that will support a meaningful PepsiCo career. Our CSS vision is to be the center of expertise for financial services through innovation and thought leadership to drive sustainable value for our stakeholders. We play an integral role in PepsiCo’s overall Finance agenda, ensuring that we fulfill our roles as Trustees and Integrators while we drive increased value as navigators and catalysts. People are a top priority at CSS, and we are committed to providing a diversity of experiences to allow our teams to thrive in the Finance Function of the Future. CSS associates develop both depth of finance functional expertise by optimizing processes and driving data and analytics, and breadth by understanding end-to-end business processes and operating with a high sense of ownership in collaborating with business partners to deliver results. Many of our associates also manage service delivery through third parties, a unique way to enhance influence and collaboration skills. Our culture is supportive and empowered, as consistently recognized in strong organizational health results. We hope that you will choose to amplify your career by applying to become a valued member of this impressive team!

Requirements

2-4 years of relevant trade deduction business experience and practical exposure in: problem solving, root cause analysis, and/or summarizing and interpretation of data
Service oriented with ability to manage day-to-day and periodic time-sensitive problem solving, multitasking for projects and escalations
Solid understanding and working knowledge of general accounting and accrual transactions
2-4 years of experience with Microsoft Applications with an extremely high level of proficiency
Ability to work independently and prioritize work with minimal direction
Ability to learn new technology concepts quickly with attention to detail
Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
Self-motivated and is results oriented
Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills with ability to work cross functionally with people at multiple levels in Sales, Finance, Control, Retail, Trade and IT
Curiosity for learning, critical thinking and able to interpret trends in data and share insights

Responsibilities

Responsible for oversight of team validation of customer proof of performance against established trade accruals to meet targets
Ensure Team compliance with established Warehouse and FLNA Trade Settlement processes and procedures
Managing FSV Contract Administrator for CCM agreements and fund adjustments (1 direct rpt.)
Oversight of S4 harmonization and escalations of known issues to drive resolution
Ensure timely, accurate, and efficient processing of trade spend checks and deductions, fund adjustments, and customer enrollments
Partner with Finance and Sales to manage and collect or clear aged claims, including obtaining all necessary contracts and supporting documentation; period review of open chargebacks and credits to drive cash recovery
Monitor period KPI’s and ensure adherence to target metrics
Perform analysis of deduction activity, forecast balances for cash flow reporting, and provide period reporting on write-off activity
Design and implement trade payment process efficiencies to streamline trade payment processing
Collaborate with Finance to identify and implement business process efficiencies and changes to drive improvements to trade spending
For FSV, partner with the PACMAN Systems team to identify and implement process and system improvements and reporting needs
Assist with Balance Sheet Reviews and SOX testing
Provide ad hoc reporting for leadership and Finance as needed