Operational Accounting Analyst

Overview

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

The Analyst, NCDA Trade Accounting, is responsible for supporting the accurate accounting, reporting, reconciliation and control of National Customer Development Agreement (NCDA) trade activity, with a focus on both trade assets and liabilities while maintaining an effective and efficient control environment.

The role creates and maintains accruals, validates customer payments and billings, processes journal entries, performs balance sheet reconciliations, supports audit requests and partners with the field and PGT teams to resolve accounting, forecast, system and aged-activity issues.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain NCDA trade accruals in CAS TPM and SAP TPM, ensuring amounts are complete, accurate, supported and recorded in the appropriate accounting period.
• Review and analyze accruals for risk and opportunity, unusual or aged activity, and potential accounting exposure; prepare supporting analysis and escalate significant items.
• Partner with field Finance and business contacts to validate accrual forecasts and investigate significant differences among forecasted, accrued, billed, paid and settled amounts.
• Validate customer payments and billings against approved programs, supporting documentation and recorded accruals; research discrepancies and coordinate resolution.
• Process journal entries in SAP S/4 with complete support, appropriate approvals, correct account coding and proper period recognition.
• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for assigned NCDA trade assets and liabilities; investigate reconciling items, document root causes and drive timely resolution.
• Conduct periodic outreach to business and processing contacts to resolve and clear aged, unsupported or outstanding activity.
• Work with PGT and system-support teams to investigate and resolve system or data issues, including product hierarchy and overlapping activity.
• Participate in the preparation of internal and external audit requests by providing schedules, documentation and transaction support.
• Complete ad hoc management requests and support opportunities to simplify, standardize and strengthen NCDA trade-accounting processes and controls.

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $80,700 - $135,100.
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 5% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• CPA
• 2+ years of experience
• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States
• Public accounting experience with Big 4 firm strongly preferred
• SAP Experience
• Superior analytical and problem solving capabilities
• Superior communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced matrix organization
• Ability to adapt quickly & maintain flexibility with regard to ad-hoc projects, revisions to areas of responsibility and organizational change
• Knowledge of SAP S/4 or comparable financial systems
• Experience with CAS TPM, SAP TPM or comparable trade-promotion systems
• Experience with trade accruals, customer funding, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries or audit support
• Strong desire to learn, take on new challenges and develop broader trade-accounting expertise

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