Pricing Analyst

Hearthside Food Solutions - Downers Grove, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Downers Grove, IL

5,001-10,000 employees

Food Manufacturing

About the position

The Pricing Analyst at Hearthside Food Solutions provides analytical and administrative support for special billings. This hybrid role requires working in the Downers Grove, IL office 1-2 days a week, focusing on managing billing operations, financial analytics, and reporting to ensure accurate invoicing and support for commercial finance presentations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain a tracking log of all special billings and back-up for invoices
• Lead Special Bills meetings
• Invoice special billings accurately in SAP
• Send Customer invoice copies with support detail
• Receive/review customer special billings rates and accounting information for accuracy
• Review SAP to ensure product is disposed of prior to invoicing
• Assist customers with special billing information/requests as needed
• Work closely with Accounts Receivable to provide information for unpaid special billings
• Maintain Aging file of all accrued special billings for monthly Sales call
• Work closely with plant to reconcile disposition discrepancies
• Prepare period end special billing accruals - Revenue, Disposition, Vendor Recovery
• Provide monthly QN, Disposition, Invoice re-classes as needed
• Maintain SharePoint QN task list - ensure all QNs are recovered
• Provide accounting information to Accounts Payable in SAP for QN credit memos
• Provide Sales with information/backup on special billings
• Update special billing rates and production worksheets as necessary
• Create new special billing SKU's as needed/cleanup old ones no longer in use
• Prepare and communicate special billing month end results and variances against budget/forecast/PY to management
• Assist with providing support and commentary for commercial finance presentations
• Support year end audit related to special billing
• Participate in the budgeting/forecasting process as it relates to special billings
• Provide and own special billing template inclusive of any updates needed to upload to BW pertaining to changes in budget/forecast
• Trend Analysis by customer and type of special billing to highlight areas of opportunities
• Analyze special billing rates being charged in current state and if any increases need to be reset to correlate to rise in overall costs being incurred

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred or combination of education and experience
• 3-5 years related experience
• Familiarity with Billing and Accounts Receivable/Payable processes
• SAP experience preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to analyze and interpret billing data
• Great communication and presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task and work with team members across all levels

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with SharePoint
• Experience in financial analytics and reporting

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Outstanding benefits
• Diverse work environment