Associate Distributor Finance Analyst

Ecolab is hiring a Distributor Finance Analyst on our Distributor Finance team at KL GBS. This individual is responsible for ensuring timely and effective communication of pricing and customer alignments to our distributor partners and internal Ecolab teams. They will foster an environment to enable and support a high performing team. This team has a continuous push to meet service level agreements and drive performance by utilizing individual and team metrics. 

The Associate Distributor Finance Analyst position is part of the reporting and analysis team within the Distributor Finance department in Global Business Services. The Associate Financial Analyst supports month-end closes processes for our division partners and manages the calculation, payment and accounting for various distributor incentives. This position also provides reporting on department performance and executes monthly processing controls to ensure accuracy. This position involves regular interaction with distributors, division finance and Ecolab sales management teams.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide month end reporting to multiple divisions summarizing Distributor Finance activity for processed resales, refunds, and handling fees.
• Manage distributor incentive programs including tracking new and expired incentives, managing rebate accruals, and administering timely processing of rebate payments.
• Administer key monthly controls including inventory trending analysis to validate accuracy of processing and quickly identify and resolve issues.
• KPI reporting to ensure complete and accurate resale processing in SAP.
• Evaluate potential improvements and scope expansion based on changing business needs.
• Provide support, ad hoc reporting, and analysis to internal and external customers.
• Ensure that all reporting processes and systems are documented.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics or Business Administration.
• 1-2 years of finance and/or accounting experience.
• Experience in Distributor Finance experience is an added advantage.
• Analytical experience with a high aptitude for research, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills and strong presentation skills.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and subjectivity.
• Ability to analyze and summarize data and draw meaningful conclusions.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to prioritize.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite software (Excel, Power BI, Word, PowerPoint) and SAP.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Must be self-motivated, and both detail and process oriented
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