Apply for the Payments Audit Support, Internal Audit – Lakeland job opening.Payments Audit Support, Internal Audit – Lakeland

Location: Lakeland, FL
Job ID: 38747BR
Job Category: Administrative Support, Legal & Public Affairs
Working Hours: 7:30am - 3:30pm
Pay Frequency: Weekly
Pay Range: $19 - $26
Date Posted: Sep 02, 2026

$38 - 53k

Onsite

Full Time - Regular

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Description

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.

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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)

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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

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Benefits

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Group health, dental and vision plans plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria
• Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits – Jobs (publix.com)

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Year End Bonus

To reward associates for their contributions to the company for the calendar year, Publix provides a Holiday Bonus in November. In the first year of continuous employment the bonus is equal to 15 hours of pay, and in the second year of continuous employment the bonus is equal to one week’s pay if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check. In subsequent years, the bonus is equal to two weeks’ pay.

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Additional Information

Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours.

Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email.

For this position, Publix does not and will not file a petition or application with the USCIS or Department of State on behalf of any noncitizen for any immigration-related benefit to work and/or to continue to work in the United States, e.g., an H-1B or TN petition or permanent residence.

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