Pricing & Trade Analyst

**The Opportunity**: Pricing: To manage the pricing function of updating, entering and posting of regional price and customer pricing. Ensure customer pricing and invoicing accuracy, process pricing deductions and monthly reporting in accordance to MLF Policies and C3 Controls.

Trade: To enter accrual rates in the system, manage and process trade deductions and monthly reporting in accordance to MLF Policies and C3 Controls.

This role will work closely with Sales (Customer Business Teams), CBT Finance, Accounts Receivable, Revenue Management and Customer Supply.

**Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life**:

- Entering, verifying and maintaining regional pricing for MLF business
- Entering, verifying and maintaining customer specific monthly pricing
- Entering, verifying and maintaining off invoice allowances
- Review and validate pricing discrepancies at order entry.
- Review, validate and approve pricing deductions.
- Effectively communicate with all levels of staff and management
- Liaise with our internal and external auditors on controls testing
- Act as a liaison between Revenue Management, Sales, Customer Supply Chain and Accounts Receivable
- Provide monthly Pricing deduction reporting
- Ad hoc requests on Rebates, International & Industrial pricing, and system related issues etc.
- Provide support on Pricing related projects
- Maintain strict adherence to our Trade Investment policies
- Entering, verifying and maintaining Trade Accruals in the CRM system including adjustments and turnbacks
- Validate and process customer claims & payments in a timely & accurate manner
- Communication with Sales and Accounts Receivable on outstanding trade deductions
- Review, validate and clear Trade deductions
- Process payments to 3rd party Trade Spend Partners
- Provide monthly account reconciliations for TMA
- Monitor, escalate and promote awareness with the business on accrual performance and spending trends
- Effectively communicate with all levels of staff and management
- Liaise with our internal and external auditors on controls testing
- Provide monthly Trade Unapplied Balances reporting
- Provide monthly Trade Adjustment/Turnback reporting
- Provide insight and support for quarterly True up of discretionary spend.
- Maintain Foodservice Sales commitment template on a monthly basis.
- Provide Foodservice TIARR on a monthly basis
- Provide support and execute the Foodservice quarterly rate changes.
- Ad hoc requests on Turnback, Adjustments, Journals and system related issues etc.
- Provide support on TMA projects

**What You’ll Bring**:

- College or University Degree preferably in Business.
- Minimum 2-3 years experience in Pricing or Trade or similar finance role such as Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable
- Strong problem solving skills - demonstrate ability to analyse, find root causes of errors and follow through
- Strong organizational & time management skills and the ability to work within tight deadlines.
- Intermediate to advanced computer skill in Microsoft Excel
- Experience in SAP, SAP Business Intelligence (BI), ITCM, ECC and CRM would be a definite asset.
- Strong and effective verbal & communication skills with all levels of the organization

**What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods**:

- Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
- An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
- A hybrid work model that embraces remote work for eligible roles, helping team members achieve work-life balance—combining the best of both spending time working remotely, benefitting from focus time, and purposeful collaboration in the office setting.
- Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
- Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
- Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
- Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

**About Us**: We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care