Project Finance Analyst - London, United Kingdom - Trace Recruit Ltd

Trace Recruit Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Hybrid or remote working available
Up to £40,000
Must have experience in a retail/FMCG environment

Project Finance Analyst, Makeup, London (hybrid/remote) Up to £40,000

We are working exclusively with a well-known, global makeup brand who are looking for a Project Finance Analyst to join their team on a 6m FTC.

This role will be responsible for the monitoring the supplier ledger, in particular with respect to the identificationand correction of the shortage issues with major customers.

The project-based role will involve analysis of the details of supplier ledgers and communication with customer AP, EDI and sales teams as well as sales, operations and finance teams internally.

It is vital that a good working relationship is established with each customer and internal sales account owner to ensure a clean ledger is maintained.

The primary objective of the role is to recover any invalid shortages applied in sales invoices.

What you'll do:

Investigate and validate sales deductions applied by customers
Matching payments received on the ledger
Follow up on short payments, debit notes
Resolve customer internal and external queries where they realte to shortage identified
Monitor all retail partner chargeback activity for accuracy and validity including shorts, EDI issues, promotional charges an others
Raise disputes with retail partner via web portals and continue dialogue to expedite resolution
Perform data analysis (in Excel e.g., Pivot Tables, Lookups) to identify order and chargeback trends, patterns or anomalies that may support mitigating chargebacks with the objective being to meet or exceed budget / stretch targets for chargebacks as a percentageto sales
Maintain spreadsheets as required
Other ad hoc duties as needed

What you'll have:

Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs and Pivot tables are desirable skills)
23 years' experience in a similar role, with experience in AR and/or credit control
Previous use of ERP systems
Confident interpersonal skills with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
The ability to prioritise and coordinate multiple tasks
To be proactive, use initiative and enjoy working as part of a team, as well as autonomously