Your Role:
The Trade Deductions Analyst reports to the Revenue Manager and is primarily responsible for reviewing, auditing and reconciling customer deductions taken from payment for various trade/non-trade programs. The Trade Deductions Analyst will have a strong understanding of our customer trade spend activity and how each customer deducts for various planned trade programs and other unplanned deductions.
What You’ll Do:
- Partner with trade promotion and sales team to gain a deep understanding of VF customers and trade promotion deal activity and customer allowances.
- Work with the broader accounting team to connect and streamline processes and ensure timely and accurate recognition of deduction expense/liabilities
- Obtain and organize supporting documentation from each deduction taken.
- Ensure deductions are properly reconciled to the correct customers, brands, spend categories, deal codes, etc.
- Perform in-depth analysis of all deductions received to validate that the deduction taken is in accordance with agreed-upon terms and that the amount taken is accurate; maintain clear and detailed records of validation procedures performed.
- What You Bring to the Table:
- 3 years of accounting experience preferred, preferably with experience in A/R and deduction analysis.
- Consumer packaged goods or food industry experiences a plus
- Ability to travel up to 10% annually for company onboarding trips, team offsite, and other business needs
- Experience working in Trade Promotion Management systems
- Excellent excel skills
- Attention to detail: Strive for “Zero Defect” work product