Administrator, Master Data (Italian Speaking)

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Position Summary

The Controllership Team supports the development and delivery of the commercial strategy for our EMEA Markets. It also helps manage the unit's operations through the provision of financial management, analysis and decision support.

The Administrator, Master Data EMEA is a critical member of this team ensuring Customer Master Data set up (i.e.: sold-to's and ship-to's accounts, different hierarchies levels), pricing conditions (i.e: general pricing, customer pricing, all rebates and discounts conditions) are accurate and controlled, customer pricing claims and Trade Investments invoices are processed in a timely manner and providing insightful analysis of financial data to Finance and Commercial colleagues. Accuracy and attention to detail is critical.

The position reports to the Associate Manager EMEA, Master Data as part of Master Data Team supporting EMEA entities.

The wider team includes other Master Data Administrators as well as Accounts Receivable Analysts supporting the EMEA SAP entities.

Working within EMEA Controllership, the role supports EMEA Business Finance Team, Commercial Teams, Customer Supply Chain Teams and Customer Supply Chain Master Data Team to ensure that the business is provided with appropriate Controllership support as well as all corporate processes are executed, and business targets are achieved.

Responsibilities

• Accurate and timely management of Customer and Pricing Master Data, setting up of hierarchies and maintenance of records in SAP. This includes: onboarding of new customers, maintenance of existing customer master, setting up of pricing and regular review of validity plus ensuring approval by relevant stakeholders in line with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements
• Pricing Claims management including pre-deductions and deductions already made on customer account: investigation and deep-dive analysis of all documents submitted by customer, claim validation and resolution, close collaboration with respective Accounting Clerk and Sales Representative.
• Monthly reporting on queries that are pricing related and root cause analysis of underlying issues with
  a recommendation of corrective actions
• To identify and recommend changes to processes (related to Pricing Tool, Condition sheets, use of EANs, related systems & delivery of SOX audit requirements)
• Involvement in EDI set up, testing and monitoring - specifically for Customer & Pricing
• Deductions Management - Collaborate with the resolving teams (Customer Services, Commercial and Accounts Receivable) to manage and clear all claims deducted by customers on the customer account either by credit notes or unallocated cash. Handle rejected claims such as penalties and support resolution.
• Trade Investment Management - set up, maintenance and blocking of contractual agreements in
  e-Condition based on condition sheets from Commercial Team. Managing Trade Investment approval flow, timely executing Settlements for contractual and discretionary Trade Investments spend, and working closely with the Accounts Receivable Analyst and Sales Team to process customer deductions
• Execution of critical SOX control processes for customer master, pricing conditions master and trade investment
• To always strive for consistency and best practice solutions, and be fully confident with the day-to-day work of the Finance team to enable support to systems and process related projects
• Periods end - generate customer level gross margins, the associated variance analysis for the market and work with Business Finance Team to understand the drivers of account performance. Detailed involvement in balance sheet reconciliations, reporting trade investment accrual balances and identifying required adjustments for Controllership at period end
• Processes and Systems - support development of existing and implementation of new systems, tools and processes to ensure Internal Controls are effective, the integrity of financial information, and that services provided to the business are efficient and cost effective
• Initiatives - to always strive for consistency and best practice solutions, and be fully confident with the day-to-day work of the Controllership team to be able to support to ad hoc tasks, systems, and process related projects
• Internal Controls - Ensure that internal controls are robust to enable timely detection of fraud and errors, and to mitigate the risk of fraud and errors being committed, thereby ensuring the integrity and timeliness of Financial Accounting information and in safeguarding the company assets. Ensure that all Master Data activities are undertaken in accordance with internal Policies & Procedures and SOX controls

What we are looking for

Required Skills and Experience

• Previous knowledge of working in a similar role, with 2+ years of Customer Services / Master Data experience within FMCG business environment
• Proven ability to communicate across the organization
• Fluent in English and Italian (for both at least B2 Level, both spoken and written)
• Experience with MS Office tools
• Experience with SAP Order to Cash modules
• Highly organized and able to manage deadlines effectively and efficiently
• High level of attention to detail
• Strong customer service mindset
• Flexible and responsive working style
• Tenacity and common sense

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of Trade Investment and Accounts Receivable
• Experience with High Radius, SAP FICO and SD modules
• Experience of working with Commercial teams
• Knowledge of VBA, PowerBI and macros creation
• Experience with LEAN methodology and productivity tools

Come join us!

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