Finance Retail Accounts Analyst, US & EMEA

Company Description

Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Job Description

As a finance retail accounts analyst, you will report to the Director of Finance and will play a crucial role in driving improvements and managing the retail rebates process in Americas and EMEA.  

Job Description:

• Relationship Management:  Engage directly with US and European retail customer teams to ensure healthy relationship dynamics as well as drive process improvements through the Order to Cash interaction.  Includes some conflict resolution, problem solving and customer negotiations.
• Deductions Management/Optimization:  Put solutions in place to optimize the global deduction management process.
• Stakeholder Management:  Actively engage WD counterparts in Sales, Sales Operations, Marketing, Pricing and across all segments of the rebates and incentives process to understand customers’ engagement model and requirements, develop the ability to anticipate future financial impacts.
• Retail Rebate Escalations:  Manage escalations regarding US and European retail rebates settlement. Escalations may originate from external customer, Pricing or Finance partners.  Drive process improvements across all aspects of WD Retail rebates, incentive programs and claim settlements.
• Finance Liaison:  Serve as a business lead and effectively collaborate with Pricing, Sales, Customers, Accounting and Auditors.   Remove roadblocks to facilitate clean subledger & minimal backlog of deductions.  Provide analytics and reporting enhancements to support Financial close activities & the Accounting accruals process
• Process Improvement:  Drive process improvements across all aspects of WD Retail rebates and claim settlements, engaging customer, with Pricing, Sales, Customers, Accounting, Auditors, and the broader WD global finance community.
• Tools Improvements:   Coordinate with IT on building an automated validation tool to facilitate validation of retail deductions with WD rebates, leveraging Model N, Salesforce.com, SAP and other related tools.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Required:

• Understanding of retail pricing dynamics and standard practices, deductions, and rebates.  
• Bachelor’s or higher degree required.  Finance or Accounting related fields preferred.
• Strong business partnering across supply chain, pricing & sales-related organizations.  
• Experience managing across functional teams.
• Systems aptitude, with knowledge of SAP & Model N preferred.
• Strong Excel skills required.
• Basic awareness of accounting principles

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information,