Trade Spend & Deductions Team Lead

What will you work on?

Reporting to the Senior Manager, the Trade Spend and Deductions Team Lead is a key role for the Trade Spend and Deductions Management team. The Team Lead will oversee the day-to-day activities of the department, ensuring accuracy and efficiency of all transactions related to trade spend and deductions. This individual will provide hands-on guidance and leadership to the team, assisting with complex issues and offering support to ensure high quality work.

How will you create impact?

• Lead, coach and mentor the Pricing Billing Analyst and Trade Spend Deduction Analysts
• Oversee daily trade spend and deduction activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing
• Provide hands-on support to team members to resolve complex or escalated issues
• Review/monitor A/R Aging Subledger to ensure timely clearing/resolution of deductions
• Identify root cause for deduction issues, opportunities for process improvements and contribute to the development of best practices
• Prepare and present regular monthly KPI reports for Trade Spend and Deductions
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration within the team and with other cross-functional teams (e.g. Sales, Credit and Collections, etc.)
• Support the SAP upgrade project and continuous improvement/automation initiatives
• Support internal and external audit requests
• Perform ad hoc reports and other tasks/projects as assigned

What are your skills and experience?

• Experience in accounts receivable/trade spend and deductions management in a public company setting, preferably in Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) Industry
• Experience in a supervisory capacity is preferred
• Experience with SAP is mandatory
• Experience with HighRadius is an asset
• Experience with Salesforce is an asset
• Strong computer literacy skills with Microsoft Office and advanced level Excel skill (pivots, v-lookups, and advanced formulas)

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