Business Operations Specialist

Unbottle YOUR Potential at Pepsi Bottling Ventures! At Pepsi, we spread home-grown joy, in our special Pepsi Bottling Ventures way! Pepsi Bottling Ventures is the nation’s largest private bottler and distributor of Pepsi beverages. Pepsi Bottling Ventures is based in NC, SC, MD, & DE.

Job Description Pepsi Bottling Ventures is seeking a Business Operations Specialist to join our team.

We are jointly owned by Suntory and Pepsi Co. Suntory is a family-owned business founded in Japan more than 125 years ago that is known globally for their beverages and innovative spirit. Pepsi Co has a 125-year plus legacy as a global leader in convenient foods and beverages. We represent Suntory’s non-alcoholic beverage industry in the United States and have an 80-year plus legacy of providing Pepsi Co products to the Carolinas and beyond.

We make, sell, and distribute Pepsi Co and other beverages. We do business in five states and sell Pepsi Co beverages to most of the market in our geographic regions. We also develop our own line of beverages, producing and distributing a growing product line nationally.

We bring you the beverages you love. We bring Pepsi Co’s beloved beverages and more to you and our customers. As a part of Suntory, we believe in dreaming big and boldly pursuing our dreams, growing for good, and giving back to society. We innovate to create new beverages, like our Nature’s Twist refreshing lemonade line, and we continuously expand our beverage portfolio to bring you and our customers joy.

We value integrity, teamwork, accountability, adaptability, and communication in all we do and expect from all team members. We’d love to receive your application and talk with you about your interest in the position if the overview below describes you.

The Business Operations Specialist provides specialized financial, operational, compliance, customer, and brand support for the Ventures Food & Beverage (VFB) and Food Service teams. Serves as a subject-matter resource for financial processes and reporting by analyzing budgets, P&L results, and operational metrics; evaluating process adherence and financial risks; training and coaching team members; and recommending process and control improvements. Leads assigned business workflows and program-administration activities while providing executive administrative support to department leadership.

• Evaluate adherence to established financial processes.
• Identify financial or operational risks and determine appropriate corrective guidance within delegated authority.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and train VFB and Food Service employees to follow financial procedures.
• Recommend process and control improvements to executive and procurement leadership.
• Analyze budgets, P&L results, financial metrics and operational reports to identify variances and process gaps.
• Evaluate and validate accuracy of invoices, customer purchase orders, billbacks, write-offs, payment tracking, account status monitoring, and related financial governance processes.
• Serve as point person for contested invoice resolution to suppliers and partners.
• Make recommendations to improve financial processes.
• Serve as a point of contact for billing inquiries, payment status requests, account tracking, and customer financial support.
• Serve as SAP and reporting systems expert to monitor budgets, P&L reporting, financial metrics, operational reports.
• Evaluate and maintain accounting records to ensure invoice accuracy, timely payment processing, and resolution of outstanding balances.
• Supervise invoice and overdue account status to ensure timely collection activities…