Claims Analyst
About the Role:
As a claims analyst, you will be supporting the broader Finance function by managing customer claims processing within the SAP TM system and ensuring accurate and consistent Trade Spend reconciliation across systems and financial statements.
Working cross-functionally with key stakeholders, you will play an important role in maintaining data integrity and supporting reliable financial reporting and business decision-making. Success in this role requires strong attention to detail, a collaborative approach, and a commitment to accuracy and consistency.
Main Responsibilities:
Customer Claims Management
- Manage customer trade claims, including promotional invoices, credit notes and deductions, from validation through to approval and posting in SAP TM.
- Ensure claims are accurate, appropriately documented and aligned with contractual terms and company guidelines.
- Partner with Sales, Trade Marketing and Accounts Receivable to resolve discrepancies, reconcile deductions and ensure timely clearing of outstanding items.
- Monitor claims, identify potential risks and drive improvements to further streamline and centralise claims activities within Finance.
Trade Spend Reconciliation
- Manage Trade Spend reconciliations across SAP ECC, SAP TM and HFM, ensuring accurate P&L and Balance Sheet reporting.
- Monitor financial postings and investigate and resolve discrepancies across systems, accounts and reporting lines.
- Prepare monthly reconciliations and provide clear variance analysis and explanations to the Sales Controller and Controlling team.
- Partner with Accounts Receivable, Sales and Trade Marketing to maintain data accuracy and alignment across Finance processes.
Finance & Process Excellence
- Support month-end close by providing accurate reconciliations and clear explanations of balances.
- Contribute to internal and external audits relating to Trade Spend and customer claims.
- Drive opportunities to streamline and automate claims and reconciliation processes.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, financial controls and company procedures.
About You:
You’re a recent graduate or early-career professional who is ambitious, curious and eager to build your career in Finance. You enjoy working with numbers, solving problems and learning how different parts of a business work together.
You will bring:
- A degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business or a related discipline
- Strong analytical skills, with good attention to detail and accuracy
- Confidence working with numbers, data and Excel
- A willingness to learn new systems and processes, including SAP
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, easy-to-work-with approach
- The flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and take on new challenges
- A proactive attitude, curiosity and a genuine desire to learn and grow
Previous experience in Finance, SAP or FMCG is advantageous but not essential. We’re particularly interested in your potential, willingness to learn and ambition to build your career.
What We Offer:
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About Ferrero:
Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.
DE&I at Ferrero:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
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