Deductions Coordinator

**Deductions Coordinator - 6-Month Contract - Lunenburg, NS**

**About High Liner** **Foods**

High Liner Foods was founded in **1899** in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada as a small salt fish company. Lunenburg is still the current home of our Canadian Operations. As a category leader in Seafood, High Liner Foods has a strong footprint across Canada and the U.S. with close to $1 billion in sales.

High Liner Foods is the seafood brand people trust. Every day we’re _Reimagining Seafood to Nourish Life_ through a focus on our customers, innovation, and of course, responsible operations. Our talented team is committed to the High Liner Foods goal of becoming the leader in branded, value-added seafood in North America.

We offer professional, technical and operational career opportunities across Canada and the United States. We believe in building a high-performance organization by investing in our people. We are focused on developing future leaders from within and fostering career growth and advancement.

It’s our time to make waves. Join us.

**High Liner Foods is a career destination. We look for high-performing talent who value**:

- Safety - it’s our #1 priority
- Opportunities to contribute to your community through volunteerism
- A culture of inclusion, support and recognition
- Senior leaders that are highly accessible and available to employees
- A strong focus on education and career development through training
- Competitive salary and performance rewards
- A comprehensive benefit plan designed to keep up with the changing healthcare needs across North America

**Position Summary**:
Reporting to the Supervisor, Deductions, as our Deductions Coordinator you will be responsible for managing all Customer Deductions that are assigned and provide administrative support to the Deductions team.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Processing customer deductions according to established policies and procedures, to ensure that targeted deduction levels are maintained.
- Process valid trade deductions based on contract in a timely manner
- Dispute and actively resolve invalid deductions by following Standard Operating Procedures
- Foster strong relationships with sales team to ensure compliance with customer contract to mitigate overspending and potential fraud
- Maintains relationships with customers, staff, vendors and clients.
- Observes confidentiality of client and business matters
- Maintain appropriate documentation and backup to support valid deductions & post audits
- Prepare and review year-end trade accruals for customer accounts
- Process Customer payments

**Qualifications**:

- 3-5 years of experience in an administrative capacity would be preferred, however open to new graduates
- Proven track record of administrative support
- Post-Secondary education in Business, Administration or equivalent experience
- Possess a solid understanding of basic accounting principles
- Well versed in various software such as Microsoft Excel and is capable of learning new systems quickly
- Excellent teamwork and team building skills
- Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
- Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments, key business partners, and government agencies
- Strong problem identification and problem resolution skills
- Experience in gathering data, compiling the proper information, and preparing financial reports
- Capable of working in a fast paced, high-volume department, you’ll need to remain organized to ensure details are not overlooked
- You will bring a fresh set of eyes and a desire to improve processes

**High Liner Foods is Remote Friendly** We offer a Flexible Hybrid Work Model where corporate office employees have the flexibility to choose a minimum of two office days per week, with the option to work wherever they prefer (office or remote) for the remainder of the week.

**Health, Safety & Wellness**

At High Liner Foods, we believe strongly in the safety and wellness of our employees. Our organization has a number of policies, programs and practices that focus on safety, wellness, health and sustainability of the overall organization. Company employees, including temporary/agency and contract workers, are required to provide proof of their full COVID-19 vaccination status if their role requires business travel by a means requiring vaccination (including, but not limited to, international air travel and/or domestic air and rail travel within Canada) per regional laws/regulations. Employees will be considered fully vaccinated if they have received the required number of doses of a vaccine which has been approved by the health authority of the country in which they work.

**Recruitment Process**

Our process is meaningful but efficient We want to get to know you and show you what our world is like.
- All hires are conditional upon the successful completion of references and background checks._