Spindrift Staff Accountant

Responsibilities

• Report to the Accounting Supervisor
• Process and reconcile trade deductions in a timely manner
• Research deduction backup to validate or dispute deductions
• Classify deductions by type and ensure proper accounting treatment
• Create and post credit memos for approved deductions
• Maintain clear audit trails for all adjustments
• Identify invalid or unsupported deductions and prepare dispute packages
• Follow through on resolution of disputes
• Leverage trade management tools to create monthly accruals and reconcile deductions
• Reconcile bottle deposits and review broker commissions on a monthly basis
• Cross-functional collaboration with Sales, FP&A, Supply Chain, and Customer Service
• Communicate deduction status and aging to internal stakeholders
• Support Sales team with customer-specific deduction reporting and chargeback documentation
• Prepare and maintain trade deduction aging schedule
• Generate regular deduction reporting by customer, category, and deduction type
• Support audit requests related to trade spending, customer allowances, and AR balances
• Ensure deduction workflows follow internal controls and documentation standards
• Streamline deduction intake, classification, and resolution processes
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for trade deduction handling

Requirements

• 2+ years of accounting or finance experience; prior exposure to trade deductions, chargebacks, or accounts receivable in a CPG, food & beverage, or consumer goods environment strongly preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Working knowledge of trade promotion mechanics common in CPG (off-invoice allowances, scan-backs, bill-backs, MCBs, OI, compliance deductions)
• Experience with cash application, credit memo processing, and general ledger reconciliation
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills; able to manage a high volume of open items while maintaining accuracy
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; comfortable working cross-functionally with Sales, Logistics, and Customer Service teams
• Intermediate Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, filtering and sorting large data sets)
• Prior experience with deduction management software or trade promotion management (TPM) systems, especially BluePlanner, is a plus