Your responsibilities

• Manage complex trade promotion and rebate claims, ensuring accurate validation against contracts, pricing terms, and promotional agreements
• Oversee the end-to-end trade spend process, including claim adjudication, settlement, and reconciliation activities
• Lead investigation and resolution of discrepancies, aged claims, and exceptions, engaging cross-functional teams where required
• Review and validate promotional data (e.g., EPOS, pricing, promotional plans) to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Manage trade spend accruals, including creation, reconciliation, and month-end true-ups in line with accounting policies
• Provide guidance and oversight to junior analysts, supporting knowledge sharing and capability development within the team
• Strengthen controls, ensuring compliance with policies, audit requirements, and Delegation of Authority (DoA) frameworks
• Monitor and analyse KPIs (e.g., claim cycle time, accrual accuracy, leakage, recovery rates), providing insights and recommendations
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, rule-based matching, and standardisation of processes and data governance
• Partner with Sales, Finance, and Customer Service to improve upstream processes and reduce recurring issues and revenue leakage

The experience we're looking for

• Experience in trade spend, rebates, deductions, or OTC processes within a shared services or global organisation
• Strong understanding of trade promotion management, including claim validation, settlements, and accrual accounting
• Advanced experience with ERP and trade tools (e.g., SAP, Vistex, HighRadius)
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights
• Experience in month-end close activities related to trade spend, including accrual management and reconciliations
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across cross-functional teams
• Continuous improvement mindset, with experience in process optimisation and automation initiatives
• Proficiency in English and German is required