Retail Sales Audit Analyst

Summary Description

This position will support the Accounts Receivable department primarily through the sales audit function focusing on sales integration and bank reconciliations. This role will work closely with Finance, Retail Operations, IT, and Loss Prevention to ensure interfaces are working properly, protecting company cash, and implementing best in class policy.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Daily cash posting of lockbox receivables and proper posting/coding of chargebacks for US & Canada.
• Perform Sales integration to bring POS sales into ERP system and ensure accuracy between both systems.
• Perform bank reconciliation for all retail locations as well as e-commerce platform (sales v. bank deposits).
• Work closely with Loss Prevention and Retail Operations to proactively track cash incidents, implement sound procedure, and prevent cash losses.
• Interact with Controlling/FP&A Teams for increasing/releasing of reserves as well as coordinating to obtain correct GL and Cost Centers (for Balance Sheet & P&L Accruals).
• Work with Customer Service to research frozen transactions, open invoices and perform customer refunds as needed.
• Manage relationship with 3rd party chargeback service and utilize reporting functions to inform Finance of P&L impact on monthly basis.
• Perform any specific process that may result as part of RACI, role evolution, or Ad Hoc request.

Skills, Experience and Other Requirements

• College level accounting classes or accounting degree preferred
• Experience in a medium or large sized multinational company a plus
• Prior experience in a retail/wholesale environment a plus
• Proficiency in Excel, ability to work with pivot tables, lookups and IF statements a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Experience with SAP a plus

Core Competancies and Traits:

• Analytical - This individual must be able to analyze complex financial and accounting information.
• Detail Oriented - Must ensure that all data is accurate and complete and prepare clear and concise written reports and preparations.
• Organized – Must be able to develop a system that will enable to retrieve data and information quickly.
• Cooperation – Works well with other people. Takes time to help co-workers and others when required.Must be able to work with other departments.
• Initiative – Must be a self-starter who actively strives to meet goals, resolve problems and achieve objectives without close supervision.
• Mathematical – Must be proficient working with numbers to ensure correctness of data produced.
• Confidential – Must be able to maintain confidentiality with sensitive company information.

Core Values and Traits:

Play as One Team:

• Showing respect towards everyone
• Commitment for the team’s work and decisions

Play with Elegance:

• Striving for excellence
• Treating others with fair play and humility

Play by Daring:

• Having the courage to speak up, experiment and take initiative
• To explore new opportunities

Play with Tenacity:

• Constantly seek continuous improvement
• Learning from our failures

At Lacoste, we’re committed to building the best team we can. We hire for potential and support every team member through each step of their career development. Building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive space for our team to think differently and push the status quo is incredibly important to us; and we strive to use these guiding principles as the foundation for how we interact with each other, how we build our business, and how we hold ourselves accountable to our core values.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

At Lacoste, we’re committed to providing equal opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, creed, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, and/or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

* This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. They can be changed orally or in writing at any time by the discretion of management.We as Lacoste associates must also always ensure that all functions of our position are represented with our core values.