Senior Accounting Specialist

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is seeking a Senior Specialist to join the Route Accounting team. This individual will assist with the daily reconciliations of direct store deliveries across all national delivery routes, including investigating and reporting any negative trends identified during reconciliation. Senior Specialist will work closely with business partners to resolve any issues identified during the daily reconciliations. Senior Specialist will also be responsible for calculating weekly commissions for account managers, processing driver mileage reimbursements, generating ad-hoc reports, and contributing to continuous initiatives.

The ideal candidate will be highly self-motivated and capable of working independently in a project-driven environment while managing multiple priorities with minimal supervision. Strong organizational skills, a keen sense of urgency, and attention to detail are essential to meet deadlines and adhere to contractual timelines. A process-oriented mindset and a commitment to identifying and implementing process improvements are also important. Professionalism in interactions with both internal and external customers is crucial. This role requires effective collaboration with Regional Business Units, Finance partners, Payroll, Master Data teams, Information Technology, and Compliance teams.

Primary Areas of Responsibility

• Conduct daily reconciliations of invoices and delivery data, performing research to identify and resolve unreconciled items in a timely manner. Work with Master Data to correct invoicing errors related to customer or pricing. Work with IT department to resolve system issues, maintenance, and development, as needed.
• Prepare weekly commission calculations on a timely basis for payroll processing every Monday. Must be available to work on holidays that fall on Monday’s (roughly 3-4 times per year). Work closely with routing and payroll teams to ensure timely and accurate processing of reroutes and rate changes in commissions.
• Analyze data and trends to identify ways to reduce future unreconciled items by working with business partners to address root causes and develop solutions.
• Identify and drive improvements in account manager commissions, driver commissions, and mileage reimbursement to enhance accuracy and improve processing time.
• Collaborate with regional business unit leads to maintain a working relationship and serve as the primary contact for reporting activities and commission-related issues.
• Prepare and deliver weekly operational reports. Prepare as-hoc reporting upon request.
• Monitor and manage the Teams Shared Mailbox.
• Provide guidance and support to outsourced accounting team members, including training, as needed. Monitor and report on key performance metric related to outsourced accounting team to drive improvements.
• Create and maintain process documentation.
• Take on special projects or requests as prioritized by management.