Payments Audit Support, Internal Audit - Lakeland

Payments Audit Support, Internal Audit - Lakeland

The purpose of this position is to provide audit and clerical support to the Payments Audit department, including organizing and preparing documents and maintaining databases used in merchandise and promotional fund audits. This position also analyzes and recovers funds due to Publix as a result of incorrectly billed store coupons. Primary Responsibilities:

• This position is responsible for gathering, organizing, maintaining and analyzing documents and data used to perform Merchandise and promotional fund audits.
• This position is responsible for preparing approved claims for processing and sending supporting documentation to suppliers/brokers.
• This position is responsible for processing and tracking incoming correspondence (dispute) requests and delivering payback claim packages for internal and external claims.
• This position is responsible for analyzing, auditing and investigating promotional funds to identify incorrectly billed Publix coupons and creating and processing audit claims to recover the identified funds from the suppliers.
• This position is responsible for performing additional tasks as needed or requested by the Manager of Payments Audit.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• At least 2 years' experience working in an analytical field (i.e., accounting, data mining, business analysis, etc.)
• Flexibility/Adaptability
• Independence
• Planning and Organizing
• Time Management
• Data Analysis
• Detail Orientation
• Customer Focus
• Written Communication
• Microsoft Word (Basic)
• Microsoft Excel (Basic)
• Microsoft Access (Basic)
• SAP (Financial)
• Copilot (Basic)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate's degree in Accounting or another analytical discipline
• 3 years' experience working in an analytical field (i.e., accounting, data mining, business analysis, etc.)
• Microsoft Access (Intermediate)
• Publix's Systems (i.e., PIMS, Marwood, and DIPS)
• Publix Corporate Purchasing Systems (PFMS)
• Publix Connection (i.e., Merchandise/DSD Payables Share Point, Publix Business Connection, etc.)
• Snowflake