Trade Spend & Deduction Analyst - 1 Year Contractor Position

Spin Master is a leading global children's entertainment company, creating exceptional play experiences through it’s three creative centres: Toys, Entertainment and Digital Games. With distribution in over 100 countries, Spin Master is best known for award-winning brands PAW Patrol®, Bakugan®, Kinetic Sand®, Air Hogs®, Hatchimals®, Rubik’s Cube® and GUND®, and is the global toy licensee for other popular properties.

What will you work on?

The role exists to administer resolution of customer deals, deductions and short payments, provide assistance to the Sales Department, Credit & Collections department and Vendor Contract Compliance Analyst, in identification, analysis and processing of Sales spend. The candidate will be a key contributor to the Accounts Receivable, Credit & Collections Team. (Resolutions can be a credit note, vendor invoice, write off).

How will you create impact?

• Reconcile customer deduction in the A/R sub-ledger and Salesforce and process resolutions for deals.
• Work closely with Sales to ensure proper support is provided to process deal in SAP
• Process customer deductions for vendor allowances, retrieve back-up, reconcile with the contract / Trade Term sheets
• Manage Customer Claims received via e-mail from customer and other Spin Master departments
• Define nature of claim and liaise with respective Spin Master departments and 3rd Party Logistic partners to investigate and collect supportive documents.
• Organize information collected to determine root cause and corrective action.
• Work closely with our customers to resolve any discrepancies and findings.
• Process credit notes and vendor invoices in multiples subsidiaries associated to Sales spend ensuring all approvals are received according to GAM and all back-up documentation is stored
• Offset credit with the deduction
• Dispute with Customer unauthorized claims and deductions.
• Manage and resolve pre-deductions created manually or automatically from customer e-mails or portals
• Run and analyze SAP Reports to ensure Sales Spend are attributed to the appropriate Subsidiary.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc reports for management review.
• Review Deductions coding quality & accuracy
• Respond to audit and internal controls queries related to deductions.
• Other duties & projects as required or assigned

How will you fit into the team?
The position reports to Reports to Manager, Trade Spend & Deductions.

What are your skills and experience?

• Related University diploma preferred
• A minimum of 3 years related experience in a mid to large sized company
• AR and deductions resolution experience in Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
• Strong computer skills in MS Office, especially Excel, and an enterprise reporting system
• SAP experience
• Salesforce experience would be an asset
• Strong accounting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent Interpersonal communications skills (both written and verbal), relationship management and a friendly diplomatic manner
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Strong accounting, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal) and a friendly diplomatic manner are a must
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and maintain calm in stressful situations
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise to meet deadlines
• A proactive approach with strong attention to detail

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What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.