Accounting Manager, Deductions & Collections (Remote)

Impossible Foods was founded to transform the global food system and reduce the impact of climate change by making the world’s most delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meat, fish, and dairy — from plants. We’re building a rockstar team of brilliant, collaborative, mission-driven individuals who take pride in using their diverse skills to contribute to saving our planet. 
Want to join the movement? You can help us solve the most urgent, important challenge facing the world today (and have fun doing it).
This role is responsible for the accounting and related operations associated with our trade promotions. They will oversee at least four Trade Promotion Accountants / Analysts, support accounting month-end close.

You Will

• Train and supervise the Trade Promotions Team.
• Work cross functionally with Corporate Accounting, Finance, Legal, Sales, Trade Operations and IT to build new and improve upon existing policies, processes and programs.
• Drive key system initiatives and improvements. Be a key point person for ERP enhancements and provide business valued insights to help scale the revenue operations.
• Responsible for reviewing and approving deductions cleared within Kantar and Blacksmith by the Trade Promotions Team as well as non-trade deductions cleared in SAP.
• Help communicate and resolve discrepancies identified by Trade Promotions Team. Work with the Sales team and Brokers to dispute and collect invalid deductions.
• Assist in the verification of trade spend program details by confirming alignment of terms against customer contracts. Perform research on recurring deductions, identify trends, and help in identifying root causes and solutions to prevent deductions from continuing.
• Perform monthly revenue accounting close responsibilities, including but not limited to: review reconciliations (trade reserves, trade liabilities, etc.), journal entries and close package.
• Support and help coordinate with auditors during quarterly reviews and the year-end audit.
• Help drive flux analysis for balance sheet and income statement.
• Partner with Sales, Sales Finance & Trade Operations to review open promotions and close them out after deductions have been received and applied against the promotions.
• Assist in providing monthly reporting to finance and operations management to identify deduction trends, monitor productivity, & track results for customer base.

You Have

• 7+ years of accounting experience with 3+ years supervisory experience.
• Advanced knowledge of US GAAP, specifically ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
• Outstanding analytical and modeling skills including proficiency in Excel and the ability to quickly manipulate and analyze large data sets and build reports.
• An interest in learning and managing ERP data structures and reporting capabilities.
• Extensive experience with Trade Promotion Management (TPM) systems and deduction processing tools. Experience with Kantar and/or Blacksmith is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, organization and communication skills.
• A high level of independence, accountability, collaboration, good judgement and attention to detail in a fast paced and constantly evolving environment
• BA/BS Degree in Accounting or Finance
• This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
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Impossible Foods Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will  receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national  origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, status as a  qualified individual with a disability, or any other trait protected by law. 
Impossible Foods offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your application for employment or interview process, please contact us by sending an email to recruiting@impossiblefoods.com or call 855-877-6365. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email inbox will not be accepted.
If the ability to work remotely is indicated, this role can be performed from any US state except for Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.