Commercial Finance Operations Manager

Manager Commercial Finance Operations

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries. We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

At MSC, you are a part of a high performing evolving company with energetic leaders and strategic entrepreneurs going above and beyond for customers, making the impossible a reality. As the Manager Commercial Finance Operations, you will be responsible for managing a small team, training and mentoring associates, providing leadership support, and analyzing, automating, validating, and reconciling discrepancies for all customer rebates. You will manage the customer rebate process end to end and will be expected to continuously improve the process through automation. You will execute value-added analysis to strategically guide our Sales Leaders by proposing rebate contract changes to grow revenue, expand margins and improve overall profit. This hands-on role requires strong analytical skills, a collaborative mindset and must be able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Reporting to the Director, Commercial Finance, this role will be critical to MSC by ensuring accuracy in payouts and accruals and presenting opportunities to improve time to revenue and drive sales growth.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Customer rebate ownership : Has direct accountability of MSC's overall Customer Rebate Program, included and not limited to;
• Provides operational direction and strategic management of rebate process
• Ensures processes are in place for accruals in line with MSC policy
• Ensures processes are in place for rebates to be accurately processed within customer timeline
• Evaluates rebate risk, recommend rebate requirements and negotiating terms
• Work with the Internal Audit Team on projects / testing of rebate process.
• Lead quarterly finance rebate meetings, presenting the status and forecast of rebates.
• Managing People : Builds, leads, motivates and develops a team of professionals elevating their performance, providing effective mentoring and coaching as well as fostering a positive environment of collaboration and professional growth. Establishes and manages effective performance management metrics in support of achieving the team's goals and objectives.
• Business Partnership : Partners with cross-functional leaders to mitigate and remove barriers, communicate, and escalate as required to hold teams accountable to make and meet commitments.
• Process Improvement : Continuously optimizes processes to enhance productivity with the goal of improving decision quality and reducing cycle time through digitization. Work cross functionally throughout the organization to help improve processes within the Rebate Team. Directs and supports the development of effective and efficient solutions and processes to solve challenges and looks towards the future to anticipate potential problems.
• Other : Understands and interprets organization goals and initiatives so that operational priorities are balanced and managed effectively. Performs all duties inherent in the role of MSC Manager as defined in the MSC Code of Conduct. Fosters the MSC Culture in the department and throughout the company to ensure fulfillment of MSC's vision and unity of purpose. Leads and / or participation in special projects and performs additional duties as required.

Qualifications

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Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

This job posting will remain open for a minimum of 7 business days from the original posting date or longer as needed to fill the position.

People. Collaboration. Insight. That's how you build something that works. Built on a foundation of trust, MSC works side by side with our customers to help them drive business results. With more than one million product offerings and 80+ years of experience across industries, MSC strives to help our customers achieve greater productivity, profitability, and growth through inventory management and other innovative supply chain solutions. We care about our associates and have programs in place to help our 6,500+ team members achieve their potential.

Our associates are our top priority and investing in their well-being is one way we execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise. Alongside competitive pay, we have a comprehensive benefits program to support you and your family's health, well-being and financial future. We offer dynamic healthcare plans, generous 401K and stock purchasing programs, tuition reimbursement opportunities, and paid time away for holidays, vacations, and illness.

We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and our associates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any category protected by applicable law. Accommodation requests can be made at any stage of the recruitment process; applicants are asked to make their needs / requirements known.