Assistant Accountant – Pricing and Customer Programmes

Assistant Accountant – Pricing and Customer Programmes

Location – UK

Job Description

Linksys is a global leader in wireless networking products with a mission of connecting everyone securely. Linksys’ growth plan requires immediate strengthening of its European team. Our path forwards offer career defining opportunities. Come and join us!

Be bold. Think differently. Be entrepreneurial. Learn quickly. Grow. 

- Work with the sales team to manage the implementation and application of all pricing and customer programmes within our newly developed 3rd party software solution

- Validate and approve customer claims in a timely manner, working collaboratively with our customers and maintaining good relationships

- Look to identify resolve data issues in sell through data from customers to support the integrity of our internal reporting and accruals calculations

- To act as a business partner to regions within the EMEA organisation to ensure correct approval, identification and accrual of pricing, customer rebates and promotions via collaboration with our sales team

- Uphold global Linksys policy with regard to pricing, customer programs activity and assist/support regions with their compliance

- Assist in the month end accruals process for the accrual recording of pricing and programme costs

- Look to identify opportunities to enhance both internal reporting and balance sheet control as the business looks get the most out of the capabilities of its new systems in place

- Deal with ad-hoc requests relating to customer programs and pricing from the business

- Maintain an open dialog with, and support other members of the accounting and finance team to ensure a shared appreciation of all current business activity across the team and that all parts of the team are operating in coordination

- Maintain an open and on-going dialogue with sales regions ensuring the free flow of pertinent information as well as being able to advise on accounting topics

- Ensure that automated accruals for customer programs are posted correctly in the accounts, consistent with contractual obligations

- Monitoring of program invoices received against the relevant accrual; ensure that these are cross referenced to contracts and turnover to ensure validity of charges

- Month end close adhere to a pressured month end timeline

- Identify that all procedures have been followed in evaluating and authorising pricing and P&A spend before commitments are made with customers

- Collaborating closely with Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable

- Take responsibility for the price lists and special pricing management for Linksys’ customers and liaise with the relevant sales teams

- Monitor any external facing mailboxes to respond within our agreed SLAs

- Ad-hoc analysis to support requests from the business and on-going initiatives

Strong attention to detail, ability to self-manage your workload in a hybrid home/office environment and culture

Collaborative demeanour to maintaining a relationship with senior sales people and supporting them in their business

Studying towards an accounting qualification or qualified by experience

Good academic background

Experience with an ERP accounting system

A general understanding of basic accounting principles

Excellent Excel skills and confident with MS Office

Experience with reporting and analytics software (e.g., Power BI, Business Objects) beneficial but not required

Minimum of 2 years professional experience in a finance/accounting department

Built up an understanding of accrual accounting and general accounting principles

Experience of month end close processes including account reconciliations and posting of journals, preparation of reconciliations to support balances

Preferably worked in a role or environment where internal and/or external customer service is crucial