Rebate Analyst – Little Rapids Corporation – Green Bay, WI

Basic Position Objective Statement:

The Graham Rebate Analyst will function as subject matter expert on medical rebate deductions and calculations in both the private and governmental sectors. Analyze rebate deductions and explain payment differences. Provide timely feedback to the Graham and Finance management teams identifying any items of concern, such as unexplained variances or possible disputes. Provide data, analysis, and support as needed for cross-functional activities such as medical rebates forecasting and budgeting.

The Graham Rebate Analyst will understand customer (Distributor, GPO & Governmental) business pricing and billing processes as they relate to LRC’s rebate requirements and take necessary steps to implement and deliver the agreed upon results ensuring contractual compliance.

As a member of the Finance group the position will be called upon to undertake or support financial initiatives as needed.

Safety Philosophy:

Little Rapids Corporation will manufacture products in a manner that respects the safety and health of our associates, the environment, and the communities in which we operate. We believe that every associate plays a critical role in creating a safe work environment by exhibiting personal safe behaviors. To be successful as a company, we will have exemplary safety performance.

Principal Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Responsible for working with outside distributor, governmental and internal Information Systems personnel to help ensure rebate data submissions comply with contractual language and are mapped to LRC systems to provide the most efficient and accurate processing of rebate requests.
• Posses a strong understanding of governmental rebate contract language including VA Federal Supply Schedule and DAPA to ensure legal compliance when calculating and remitting governmental rebates.
• Responsible for timely reconciling rebate information sourced from LRC systems and external customer/distributor/GPO/governmental systems.
• Validates item level pricing on all rebated contracts against incoming external data and initiate corrective actions as necessary.
• Utilizes respectful negotiation skills to settle pricing disputes with vendors and external constituents.
• Timely and accurately responds to all end user contractual eligibility requests.
• Perform validation tasks and analyze both eligibility and contract data to determine proper customer level pricing. Leverage data and strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to protect company interests.
• Responds accurately and timely to requests for supplemental information or additional detail regarding medical and/or governmental rebates.
• Responsible for working independently on contract data and proactively solving problems with data and other reporting needs.
• Partner with Graham Controller to ensure proper forecasting, budgeting and accruals for all rebates.
• Proactively research and analyze payment variances and trends to find outliers and research root causes for potential upstream errors or market activity.
• Partner with the Information Systems team to maintain automation quality and process for rebate related tasks.
• Monitors and helps obtain required pricing related information from distributors, customers, governmental agencies and GPOs including up-to-date member rosters.
• Other assignments as made by management.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the “essential functions” for purposes of the ADA.

Knowledge, Education and Training Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or Economics is required.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a pricing and/or contract analysis role required, along with previous experience working with or within a distribution network.
• Ability to effectively use Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook.
• General knowledge of governmental contracts (DAPA, VA Federal Supply) with the ability to fully learn and understand our contracts.
• General knowledge of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO) contracts, with the ability to fully learn and understand our contracts.
• Possess strong analytical skills with business acumen and ability to deliver recommendations.
• Experience in collecting and organizing large volumes of raw data using Pivot Tables and Vlookups,
• Familiarity with integrated information systems preferred.
• Knowledge of Distributor Sales Tracings preferred.

Key Functional Competencies:

• Demonstrated understanding of product pricing.
• Knowledge of reporting, analysis, and business intelligence.

Key Performance Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a culture defined by LRC’s core values of achievement, teamwork, innovation and respect.
• Excellent communication skills, strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills with an emphasis on time management, follow-through, and issue resolution abilities.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding objectives and goals
• Strong team player that is able to multi-task with multiple interruptions in a deadline-intense environment.
• Able to recognize and interpret business issues/opportunities and recommend solutions through analysis.
• Regular attendance at work is required. Ability to work additional hours during the week or on weekends may be required.
• Must have the ability to travel (air/land).

Physical Requirements:

The ability to work in a normal office environment to include: sitting or standing for long periods of time, operating various standard office equipment, carrying paper documents/files, reaching and bending, speaking on the telephone, walking through our manufacturing plant, and wearing required personal protection gear (i.e. hearing, eye and foot protection).

EOE including disability/veteran