Financial Analyst – Trade Spend and Post Audit Claims

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The Financial Analyst – Trade Spend and Post Audit Claims manages over $2 million in annual customer post-audit claims, ensuring accurate validation, reconciliation, dispute resolution, and timely deduction clearing. Partnering with Sales, Customer Teams, and third-party recovery partners, the role identifies recovery opportunities, provides financial insights, and strengthens trade spend controls and processes. Responsibilities also include claims reporting and analysis, month-end and quarter-end journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations.

In this role, you will:

Key Responsibilities

Trade Spend Management & System Accuracy

• Responsible for $2M+ in post audit claims on an annual basis
• Ensure alignment with customer agreements to support accurate post audit deduction clearing and financial reporting

• Identify discrepancies, risks, and process improvement opportunities related to trade spend

Customer Post Audit Claims & Deduction Management (First Line of Defense)

• Review, classify, and reconcile customer post-audit claims (trade, etc.)

• Assess validity of claims using customer agreements and supporting documentation

• Initiate and manage disputes for invalid post audit claims directly with customers

• Route valid post audit claims to Sales teams with clear documentation and financial impact summaries

• Maintain a comprehensive post audit claims tracker (volume, value, status, ownership, and resolution progress)

• Monitor deduction trends and proactively identify risks and recovery opportunities

Business Partnership & Sales Enablement

• Partner closely with Sales and Customer Teams to guide post-audit claim resolution decisions and trade spend activities

• Provide financial insights to support negotiations and improve outcomes on post audit deductions and claims

• Act as a co-pilot to account teams by enabling timely post audit claim clearing and accurate trade resolution

• Support onboarding and ongoing coordination with third-party recovery partners

Reporting, Analytics & Insights

• Prepare and deliver regular reporting on post audit trade deductions

• Analyze customer behavior, deduction trends, and recovery rates to identify insights and opportunities

Process, Controls & Transformation

• Serve as a key control point (“first line of defense”) to minimize financial risk and ensure compliance

• Contribute to the design and implementation of future-state processes for post audit trade claims management

• Support process improvements to enhance efficiency, data integrity, and trade management capabilities

Month-End & Quarter-End Activities

• Prepare month-end and quarter-end journal entries related to trade accounting, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and appropriate supporting documentation
• Prepare and complete balance sheet reconciliations, investigate variances, and resolve outstanding items in a timely manner

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What we look for

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working directly with major customers and managing customer deductions, with a strong understanding of each customer’s operations, deduction processes, and claim resolution requirements.
• Experience with HighRadius, Exceedra, SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Excel, and Power BI is an asset but is not mandatory.

This posting is for an existing vacancy within our organization.

Workplace type

Hybrid

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[Canada] Additional Information

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of well-being and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a competitive pension program with a company match, paid time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays, depending on location), Maternity leave benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience, and location. Below is the targeted range for this role.

• Non-Sales: $71,596 - $110,257
• Sales: $73,043 - $112,487

All ranges are subject to change in the future.

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