Job Description
The Finance Customer Management Coordinator is responsible for communicating with customers to collect invoices, identify and analyze issues with financial operations and solve customer concerns in a timely and effective manner. A balance between maintaining relationships and timely payments is imperative. They will contribute to the success of PepsiCo by driving cash flow and mitigating credit risk.
Major Task Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:
* Actively monitor aging reports and initiate contact with customers to resolve overdue balances
* Analyze and resolve any chargebacks, shortages and pricing discrepancies with the appropriate internal and external business partners
* Engage with customer to understand accounting, purchasing, and delivery processes and procedures
* Perform as the primary owner of root cause resolution for customer exceptions
* Ensure accurate customer information at all times; (i.e. AR system hierarchy, store , vendor , statement, etc.) and perform file maintenance when necessary
* Project account performance for period and quarter-end reporting purposes
* Take ownership and deliver against both personal and team goals
* Drive self-improvement and continuous learning through coaching and feedback
* Demonstrate initiative for expanding own skill-set and knowledge of business
Qualifications/Requirements
* Associates Degree and/or 1-3 years of experience in Accounting or Finance related field (Required)
* 4 Year Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting (Preferred)
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Results oriented with a demonstrated ability to work independently and execute on goals with little supervision
* High level of attention to detail and organizations skills
* Analytical and problem solving skills
* Creative thinking leveraging technology to drive process improvements
* Proficiency in MS Office applications; (must be intermediate or higher in Excel skills)
* Experience with Accounting Systems and AR modules
Relocation Eligible: Not Eligible for Relocation
Job Type: Regular
Purchase, NY
PepsiCo, Inc. operates as a food and beverage company worldwide. The company’s Frito-Lay North America segment offers branded dips; Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks; and Doritos tortilla, Fritos corn, Lay’s potato, Ruffles potato, and Tostitos tortilla chips. Its Quaker Foods North America segment provides cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oat squares, oatmeal, rice cakes, simply granola, and side dishes under the Aunt Jemima, Cap’n crunch, Life, Quaker Chewy, Quaker, and Rice-A-Roni brands.
The company’s North America Beverages segment offers beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the Aquafina, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Propel, Sierra Mist, and Tropicana brands; and ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices. Its Latin America segment provides snack foods under the Cheetos, Doritos, Emperador, Lay’s, Marias Gamesa, Rosquinhas Mabel, Ruffles, Sabritas, Saladitas, and Tostitos brands; Quaker-branded cereals and snacks; and beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the 7UP, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, H2oh!, Manzanita Sol, Mirinda, Pepsi, Pepsi Black, and Toddy.
The company’s Europe Sub-Saharan Africa segment offers snack food under the Cheetos, Chipita, Doritos, Lay’s, Ruffles, and Walkers; Quaker-branded cereals and snacks; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the 7UP, Diet Pepsi, Mirinda, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, and Tropicana; ready-to-drink tea products; and dairy products under the Agusha, Chudo, and Domik v Derevne brands. Its Asia, Middle East and North Africa segment provides snack foods under the Cheetos, Chipsy, Doritos, Kurkure, and Lay’s brands; cereals and snacks under the Quaker brand; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the 7UP, Aquafina, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Sting, and Tropicana brands; and ready-to-drink tea products. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.