Role Overview
PepsiCo is seeking a Sales Admin & Ops Assistant Analyst (Deduction Analyst) to join its North America Beverage sales support team in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. In this commercial finance and operations role, you will manage settlements for Trade Promotions, analyze and validate customer payments and deductions, and reconcile invoices within Trade Promotion Management (TPM) systems. Working closely with market teams, Sales, Finance, and Control, you will verify tactic accruals against pricing grids, flag financial variances, and drive reporting standardization.
Core Responsibilities
- Payment & Deduction Reconciliations: Process, analyze, and reconcile trade promotion payment and deduction invoices, monitoring stakeholder approvals to ensure timely settlement.
- Trade Spend & Pricing Validation: Perform detailed invoice segmentation, validate tactic pricing against established pricing grids, and identify discrepancies in accruals or billing.
- Vendor Funding & SLA Management: Track vendor payments and funding allocations while ensuring accurate financial data delivery within agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Stakeholder Communication: Proactively escalate financial risks, variances, and opportunities to internal Sales, Finance, and Control teams.
- Process Improvement & Automation: Drive ongoing process simplifications, reporting standardization, and technology automation across deduction workflows.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Marketing, or Finance (a Master’s degree is an added advantage).
- Professional Experience: 5 to 6 years of relevant experience in Finance, Commercial Operations, or Sales Administration (prior FMCG industry experience preferred).
- Analytical & Data Proficiency: Strong quantitative and analytical skills with the ability to audit and interpret large financial datasets.
- Software Skills: High proficiency across Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Core Competencies: Strong written and verbal communication skills, organizational discipline, and a proactive, results-oriented approach to deadline management.
About PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with a product portfolio enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in over 200 countries and territories. Guided by its vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive), PepsiCo drives operational excellence across iconic global brands.