Rebate Analyst

Job Description

Rebate Analyst - Saint-Gobain - Coventry (Hybrid)Making the world a better home - Saint-Gobains purpose, we have a history spanning more than 350 years and have a responsibility to address the major challenges faced by humanity. We are on a journey to make the world a beautiful andsustainable place to live and have pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050!This is a fantastic opportunity to join as a Rebate Analyst with Saint-Gobain and take responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of rebate forecasting for a category of suppliers, ensuring debt is reconciled, collected and allocated to brands correctly and in a timely manner, and any risks are managed proactively. In addition,also forecasting rebates from the suppliers generating lower values.As a Rebate Analyst with Saint-Gobain the main responsibilities are below but not limited to:

• Responsible for completing an accurate forecast of rebate income at quarterly intervals.
• Be able to investigate and explain purchases and rebate movement between years and forecasts from a supplier and brand perspective.
• Update the rebate forecast workbooks for those suppliers generating rebate less than £100K and investigate variances from previous forecasts.
• Establish a regular routine of meetings with around Category Managers to build relationships, gain knowledge and provide relevant and value added rebate forecast reports.
• Proactively engage with Category Finance and Product management teams to understand and challenge the supplier strategy to produce a robust purchases and rebate forecast.
• Complete reconciliations for your allocated suppliers, ensuring queries and differences are followed up in a timely manner.
• Proactively drive effective relationships with the key suppliers, Category teams and Purchase Ledger to ensure queries and issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Ensure reconciliations are completed to cover all collectable elements of the rebate deal, and where appropriate can be passed on to the Rebate Credit Manager for collection in order to minimise outstanding debt.

Am I who you are looking forFirst and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working; we innovate, we collaborate, were agile, we act with entrepreneurial spirit, and were supportive of and close to our customers. Does thissound like youTo be suitable for the Rebate Analyst role with Saint-Gobain you need to have:

• Some experience working in a Finance team preferred and good understanding of Financial Accounting Principles.
• Qualifications: Maths & English GCSEs, also AAT qualified or early stage CIMA student would be advantageous.
• Strong excel skills are mandatory (using excel to manipulate data, v-lookups, formulas)
• Team player, with excellent relationship management and networking skills.
• Able to cope within tight deadlines with high personal standards towards delivery of information to the highest standards of quality and integrity.
• Accuracy, numeracy and attention to detail is paramount.
• Good business acumen and commercial awareness, with strong analytical skills to assimilate information.
• Analytical experience and a proven track record of using analytical tools and methodologies to solve problems.
• Self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative towards business improvement and personal development.
• Ability to communicate comfortably with all levels of staff and management in the Company.

There are 32+ fascinating Saint-Gobain businesses that recruit talented people in the UK and Ireland. However, regardless of which business you join, you are assured to be welcomed into a professional and warm environment, where we value all of our employeesequally and have a strong focus on their health, safety and wellbeing at all times.This vacancy is working for Saint-Gobain, under the Saint-Gobain Group, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, with over 170,000 employees and operations in 67 countries worldwide. With such a significant presence we areproud to offer our employees a career without boundaries Are You inWhat are the benefitsIn addition to benefitting from a significant focus on your own personal development, you will also have access to:

• A competitive salary.
• Annual Company Bonus.
• Opportunities for career progression and development.
• A defined contribution pension scheme.
• Great discounts across high street chains, online stores and holiday agents.
• Saint-Gobain Life Assurance Scheme.
• Access to a leading health and wellbeing portal.

So are you up for handling the ultimate, frontline responsibility for a business and its goals Could you help sustain a world class reputation Then apply today!