Analyst Planning & Control

Purpose of Position: Primarily responsible for control and reporting of European Procurement contracts and European vendor rebate programs, contract review and preparing accruals. These responsibilities include coordination between Procurement, Finance and Legal.

Our client:

Our client is an international company with it's headquarters in the northern part of Limburg, The Netherlands. This US based company conducts its business in several countries and employs over 50.000 people worldwide.
We are looking  on behalf of our client for an:

Analyst Planning & Control

Purpose of Position:
Primarily responsible for control and reporting of European Procurement contracts and European vendor rebate programs, contract review and preparing accruals. These responsibilities include coordination between Procurement, Finance and Legal.

Primary Accountabilities:
* Calculate accruals on European rebates & allowances on a quarterly basis;
* Prepare comparison analysis of European purchase spend and rebate program trends;
* Collect turnover numbers on Office Depot's vendor purchase spend from both local Finance teams across Europe and Vendors, compare and solve purchase discrepancies (reconciliation;
* On the basis of reconciled numbers the European rebates & allowances will be calculated. Instruct local Finance teams across Europe to invoice and keep track of this;
* Continuous improvement of all processes surrounding the accruals, billing & collection and contracts of rebate programs, terms & conditions and one time-off allowances (including SOX procedure). Ensure SOX compliancy and key controls are met;
* Let the Legal Department verify contracts for completeness, review contracts and resolve differences in interpretations by making recommendations and ensure changes are executed by Procurement. Maintain proper record-keeping and upload contracts to Sharepoint. Communication to stakeholders;
* Evaluate purchase cost savings and upload pricing contracts to Sharepoint.

Required Skills/Knowledge:

* Bachelor Degree in Finance;
* At least 2 years of professional work experience;
* Proven background in accounting/purchasing support functions, preferably in a multi-national or US environment;
* Excellent communication skills including both written and verbal aspects;
* Fluent in both written and verbal English;
* PC literate with good understanding of Word, Power Point and Excel. In particular advanced Excel knowledge is required;
* Problem solving skills and have the ability to prioritize and work independently;
* Analytical, accurate, detail oriented and administrative well grounded;
* Enthusiastic, reliable and trustworthy personality.

Please check for more information www.delfin.eu or contact our office in Maastricht.
Wouter Akkersdijk  (+316 52376776). If you are interested in this position please  mail you resume and application letter to: sollicitatie@delfin.eu.