Trade Receivables/Allowances Representative

Lyons Magnus is a leader in the food industry known for its creativity and innovation, providing top-quality products across various manufacturing phases. They are seeking a Trade Receivables/Allowances Representative to manage short pays and deductions from customers, ensuring accuracy in claims related to trade spend items and facilitating communication across departments. Responsibilities Supports the mission, values and vision of the company Maintains the best interest of Lyons Magnus first and foremost Work with employees of Lyons Magnus in a positive and constructive manner to maintain a professional relationship. Demonstrates courtesy, discretion, friendliness and diplomacy Perform validation procedures to determine the accuracy of claims submitted relative to trade spend items such as billbacks, rebates, and other promotional programs, as well as for order specific claims Coordination and communication across departments (e.g., customer service, sales, warehouse, credit and collections, etc.) to research the basis and validity of customer claims for deductions sufficient to support conclusions to whether credits should be issued to the customer Issue credits to settle valid customer deductions and/or request repayments as applicable Utilize customer-based web tools such as Ariba and iTrade as appropriate to source necessary customer data and information Establish and maintain organized workflows relative to your assigned customers to enable timely processing of short pays and deductions Assisting in the cash application of daily ACH, wire, and lockbox payments Provide support to contract management Support the annual financial statement audit process (working closely with accounting and finance) relative to the processing of claims relating to tradespend and related items Other duties as assigned Skills Supports the mission, values and vision of the company Maintains the best interest of Lyons Magnus first and foremost Work with employees of Lyons Magnus in a positive and constructive manner to maintain a professional relationship. Demonstrates courtesy, discretion, friendliness and diplomacy Perform validation procedures to determine the accuracy of claims submitted relative to trade spend items such as billbacks, rebates, and other promotional programs, as well as for order specific claims Coordination and communication across departments (e.g., customer service, sales, warehouse, credit and collections, etc.) to research the basis and validity of customer claims for deductions sufficient to support conclusions to whether credits should be issued to the customer Issue credits to settle valid customer deductions and/or request repayments as applicable Utilize customer-based web tools such as Ariba and iTrade as appropriate to source necessary customer data and information Establish and maintain organized workflows relative to your assigned customers to enable timely processing of short pays and deductions Assisting in the cash application of daily ACH, wire, and lockbox payments Provide support to contract management Support the annual financial statement audit process (working closely with accounting and finance) relative to the processing of claims relating to tradespend and related items Other duties as assigned Self-starter and highly motivated professional Organized and detail oriented Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Adobe Excellent verbal and written communication skills Microsoft Dynamics experience preferred Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, preferred Experience with trade spend processing and/or accounts receivable Benefits Health Dental Insurance Life Insurance Long Term Disability Sec. 125 401(k) plan And more Company Overview Lyons Magnus develops and markets quality products with innovative packaging to meet the needs of Foodservice, and International customers. It was founded in 1852, and is headquartered in Fresno, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is