FINANCE- Analyst Credit

Hace 4 días

Mexico City CDMX México, Mexico City Sherwin-Williams Jornada completa
Description

Sherwin-Williams, a global leader in the paints and coatings industry, is looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented Financial Analyst to join our company.  

The responsibilities of this role, includes but not limited to, opening new accounts, establishing appropriate account credit limits; sell/hold decisions; direct customer contact; and collection activities including third party placements. 

 

Location: Mexico City  



Responsibilities
  • Manage accounts receivable portfolios and make credit decisions to support profitable sales growth while minimizing financial risk.
  • Review and establish credit limits for new and existing customers within approved authority levels.
  • Monitor customer accounts, assess credit risk, and take proactive actions to reduce potential losses.
  • Maintain strong relationships with customers, sales teams, and internal stakeholders to resolve credit and payment issues.
  • Execute collection activities, including customer outreach, dispute resolution, and coordination with third-party collection agencies.
  • Analyze collection performance and recommend process improvements to enhance cash flow and working capital results.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process inefficiencies and promoting automation opportunities.
  • Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs) to improve service levels and accounts receivable performance.
  • Ensure compliance with company credit policies, procedures, and financial controls.
  • Maintain accurate customer and financial records and support internal and external audit requests.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to address customer billing requirements and improve overall customer experience.
  • Analyze financial data and account trends to provide insights that support business decisions and operational effectiveness.


Qualifications

FORMAL EDUCATION: 

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration or equivalent relevant experience

Preferred:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

 

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required: 

  • Experience in finance, accounting, or sales.
  • Operational analysis and business communications.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking and business problem-solving.

Preferred:

  • Sherwin-Williams’ store, facility, or branch experience.
  • Experience in Accounts Receivable.

 

Preferred:

  • Knowledge of S-W systems – OneStream, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, OnBase, Access, etc.
  • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices.

     

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

  • Maximizing market share growth and efficiency through analysis of performance; market insights; and strategy execution.
  • Ability to collaborate across diverse functional teams, employ strategic decision-making; support business growth; and optimize business outcomes.
  • The ability to influence attitudes, behaviors, and decisions through effective communication, negotiation, leadership, adaptation, and collaboration with varying types of stakeholders.
  • Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to business leaders utilizing an in-depth knowledge of the business segment(s) for the area of responsibility.
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally throughout the Enterprise Financial Services organization. 
  • The ability to identify inefficiencies in processes and procedures and interpret key performance indicators (KPIs). 
  • Ability to communicate, verbally and written, ideas and decisions to a diverse stakeholder group in a clear, concise, and effective manner.
  • Building and maintaining various types of financial models to aid, monitor and analyze business performance.
  • Ability to understand, interpret, identify trends, and communicate financial data into meaningful insights.
  • The ability to compare and reconcile financial records from multiple sources, and analyze the data to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights. 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Applications, including but not limited to, Excel and Word.

Preferred:

  • Ability to create financial models leveraging key drivers of financial performance, including the use of historical data to forecast future outcomes.

  • Ability to motivate, coach, mentor, and sponsor others to accelerate career growth and development. 

  • Proficiency in US GAAP accounting principles such as revenue recognition, accrual accounting, and inventory valuation.

  • Knowledge of current financial and cross-functional platforms to gain insights and drive innovation through scalable efficiencies.