Audit Claims Manager
- Recruiter
- Coca-Cola European Partners
- Location
- Uxbridge, London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- 26 Oct 2016
- Closes
- 23 Nov 2016
- Job Title
- Audit
- Category
- Consumer products / FMCG
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Audit Claims Manager
Uxbridge, London
Competitive Salary
From a secret recipe to a bold idea and very proud traditions, we build the future. Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business in Europe and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. Across 13 countries, our employees make, sell and distribute the world’s most loved drinks brands to more than 300 million people. Some of the brands you will find in our portfolio are Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Powerade®, Glaceau Vitaminwater®, Monster® and Capri-Sun®.
Leading brands, great people, growth and the reward that comes with it: the raw materials for success are right here. But still, success depends on our skilled management sharing thirst: a thirst for getting more and better from our people and systems, a thirst for pushing limits, and a thirst for the rigour and challenge of a fast moving business.
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?
What you become a part of
Through the execution of business partnering, coupled with ownership and detailed analysis, this role is primarily responsible and accountable for the management of all Post Audit Claims received from customers through to conclusion. This includes ensuring that all the supporting diligence is completed with the relevant stakeholders in a timely and efficient manner to subsequently minimise associated cost and risk levels to CCEP. The timely and accurate tracking and status reporting of all audit claims is a key aspect of this role inclusive of overall impact upon CCEP’s aged debt profile and actively driving resolution.
Additionally this role will be accountable for ensuring that there are clear processes and tools in place to ensure that full reconciliations of CMA payments against agreed promotional contracts are in place, in order to proactively identify counter claims.
What to expect
- To investigate and drive resolution of all post audit claims received from CCEP’s customers; ensuring that the appropriate actions plans and follow-up with the respective stakeholders is completed in a timely manner.
- To drive the appropriate accountability for resolution of pending actions in order to resolve audit claims received.
- To act as the main contact point for all audit claims received from customers, irrespective of whether deductions have been made by the customers in anticipation of such claims.
- To own the related Provisioning process specifically aligned to Post Audit Claims, ensuring that each claim is supported by the necessary and robust documentation / analysis. With the output of dashboard reporting which tracks the values of claims received vs. those paid / approved by customer and channel.
- To drive and manage a best practice process approach in respect of CCEP’s standards relating to the management and resolution of all post audit claims.
- To ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the status of audit claims received through robust reporting KBI’s and communication, supporting the awareness of such claims within the business.
- To investigate and drive resolution of all post audit claims received from CCEP’s customers; ensuring that the appropriate actions plans and follow-up with the respective stakeholders is completed in a timely manner.
- To drive the appropriate accountability for resolution of pending actions in order to resolve audit claims received.
- To act as the main contact point for all audit claims received from customers, irrespective of whether deductions have been made by the customers in anticipation of such claims.
- To own the related Provisioning process specifically aligned to Post Audit Claims, ensuring that each claim is supported by the necessary and robust documentation / analysis. With the output of dashboard reporting which tracks the values of claims received vs. those paid / approved by customer and channel.
- To drive and manage a best practice process approach in respect of CCEP’s standards relating to the management and resolution of all post audit claims.
- To ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the status of audit claims received through robust reporting KBI’s and communication, supporting the awareness of such claims within the business.
Qualifications
What we expect of you
- Previous experience within a Collections environment preferably within an FMCG or retail facing function with a proven track record of integrity, analysis and influencing.
- Studying towards or completed CIMA or ACCA professional qualification or similar.
- Solid work experience in a commercial environment with previous FMCG experience advantageous
- Ability to business partner effectively with non-finance professionals
- Confidence and ability to communicate and challenge at all levels
- Analytical, improvement focused and problem solving mindset
- MS Office Suite Skills, especially Powerpoint & Excel (including pivot tables, charts etc)
Application
If this role is of interest to you please upload a recent copy of your CV and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.