Cost Recovery Specialist
Core
Identify, recover, and prevent financial leakage across grocery retail operations by executing collection efforts and tracking post-audit recoveries.
Role type
Cost Recovery Specialist (Finance/Operations)
Builds
Cost recovery programs and scalable in-house review models for high-volume vendor categories
Domain
Grocery retail / Financial operations
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Financial analysis, vendor relationship management, data reporting, process improvement, cross-functional collaboration, accounting principles
Preferred skills
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance, 2+ years relevant experience
Technologies
Financial systems, reporting tools
Responsibilities
Monitor outstanding balances and follow up with suppliers to resolve debit balances; Execute recovery efforts with post audit vendors and internal stakeholders; Track post audit recoveries and savings by category and vendor; Partner with Merchandising and Procurement to align recovery strategies with vendor agreements; Identify causes of recurring cost leakage and present findings to leadership; Participate in financial systems testing.