HIRING FOR A 6 MONTH CONTRACT
1. Trade Spend & Deduction Management (50%)
• Review, process, and validate trade promotions, discounts, and rebates in accordance with customer agreements
• Upload and maintain trade promotions within D365 or related systems, ensuring accurate application to invoices and accruals
• Analyze and track all customer deductions, including trade-related claims, pricing discrepancies, and logistics-related deductions
• Investigate and resolve invalid or unsupported deductions by working with internal stakeholders and customers
• Monitor and manage approximately $8M in annual deductions, ensuring timely resolution and financial accuracy
• Review, validate, and clear deductions, ensuring alignment with contractual terms and company policies
2. Financial Accounting & Reporting (25%)
• Support the preparation and accuracy of trade accruals, ensuring
completeness and alignment with ongoing promotional activity
• Partner with Sales to understand trade activity and ensure accurate financial treatment
• Prepare and analyze reports related to deductions, aging, trade spend trends, and key metrics for management review
• Monitor AR aging related to deductions and identify risks or anomalies
• Contribute to month-end close activities, including reconciliations and variance analysis related to trade spend
• Ensure trade spend is accurately reflected in financial statements and aligned with internal controls.
3. Accounts Receivable & Customer Support (15%)
• Collaborate with Accounts Receivable to manage and resolve outstanding deductions and balances
• Communicate directly with customers via phone and email to resolve discrepancies and support payment processing
• Follow up on outstanding balances related to deductions and disputes
• Support credit hold management and release decisions based on account status
4. Collaboration, Systems & Process Improvement (10%)
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Customer Service, and Operations to resolve issues and improve processes
• Support the ongoing use and optimization of D365 and trade promotion systems
• Participate in process improvement initiatives related to trade spend management and deduction workflows
• Maintain accurate documentation and records to support audit and compliance requirements
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This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present you as a candidate for the foregoing position. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if one is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .
Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and is committed to providing transparent notice of our policies in English here and in French here. Additionally, the company uses AI to perform preliminary screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
licensure and certification requirements;
office location and other geographic considerations;
other business and organizational needs.
Having said that Vaco by Highspring believes that the salary range referenced reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).

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