Acctg Ops Assoc Accountant (CFS)

Associate Analyst

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This role is responsible for supporting period end cost of Accounts Receivable related to accounts, reserves and trade activities. The Associate Analyst will help drive the integration of S4 HANA reporting and process improvements, while building and maintaining relationships with key business stakeholders. The Associate Analyst is also responsible for performing periodic close activities, oversight and preparation of account reconciliations, SOX controls, balance sheet analytics and audit requests.

Responsibilities

1. Responsible for supporting period end close of Accounts Receivable (A/R) related accounts, reserves, and activities.
2. Prepare and analyze the funding requirements for significant A/R related reserves such as Bad Debt and Cash Discount.
3. Prepare and enter journal entries related to ongoing business as well as period end close.
4. Reconcile the Customer Financial Services (CFS) owned balance sheet accounts on a period basis and ensure that reconciling items are resolved timely.
5. Be the lead in working with CFS, PepsiCo Financial Shared Services (PFSS), Supply Chain, Customer Service, Control, and IT to clear all reconciling items and identify solutions to ad hoc issues and requests.
6. Provide and develop BU forecast schedules related to CFS impacted P&L activity, including Bad Debt, Absorbed, and Post Audit.
7. Identify efficiencies within CFS Accounting to allow for more efficient preparation and analysis of existing data.
8. Take on special projects and serve as an accounting/finance subject matter expert to the CFS and PFSS organizations.
9. Abide by all PepsiCo Code of Conduct, Finance Policies, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and work with manager to fulfill all audit requests and testing.

Qualifications

• Must have an undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA or accounting experience is preferred
• A minimum of 3-5 years related work experience required
• SAP experience a plus
• Sound fundamental accounting skills required for account reconciliations and journal entry preparations.
• Ability to evaluate the Balance Sheet and P&L impact of CFS related transactions and activity.
• Strong analytical skills to understand and interpret financial data and prepare forecast schedules.
• Must be proficient in Excel and be able to quickly learn financial systems.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to articulate accounting issues to management.
• Participate in and lead cross function teams to drive solutions and efficiencies.
• Be flexible and adapt to changing conditions and processes.
• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States