National Account Variance/Workbench Specialist

Position Description
The National Account Variance Specialist is responsible for analyzing, monitoring, and explaining financial and operational variances across secondary supply accounts. This role partners closely with Finance, Sales, and Operations teams to identify trends, ensure accuracy in reporting, and provide actionable insights that drive business performance. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with business acumen and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

Analyze variances related to secondary supply invoices for vendor partners daily, weekly, quarterly.

Investigate and explain variances between forecasted and actual commissions and invoice credits received.

Partner with external vendor partners, Merchandising, National Account Analysts, and Pricing teams to understand drivers behind performance fluctuations.

Prepare detailed variance reports, dashboards, and presentations for leadership.

Identify risks and opportunities within national account portfolios related to commission set ups and provide actionable recommendations.

Support forecasting and budgeting processes by providing historical commission trend insights and variance explanations.

Ensure data accuracy by reconciling financial data across multiple systems.

Develop and maintain reporting tools and models to improve efficiency and visibility.

Assist in identifying process improvements to enhance reporting accuracy and timeliness.

Support ad hoc financial analysis requests from senior leadership.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree

2 years of related experience preferred.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Travel required: As required by the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
American Tire Distributors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace.

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