Financial Analyst- Controllership Corporate

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

This is a key position within the Enterprise R&C Corporate Controllership team which will be responsible for assisting with key company initiatives, various system or process implementations, and the centralized Corporate accounting close and consolidation process. Along with supporting strategic company projects, this position is responsible for assisting in the coordination and management of all accounting processes, procedures, and systems to ensure the accurate and timely financial close of the Corporate division. Primary responsibilities include: 1) ensuring facilitation of accurate and reliable consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and other appropriate worldwide standards; 2) support and promotion of a standard global footprint of financial systems/processes maintained coordinating corporate close responsibilities, balance sheet integrity and analysis, ensuring compliance with Company policies and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This position will interact with several functional areas, such as Benefits, Treasury, Risk Management, Legal, Tax, Enterprise FP&A, and SBS, providing exposure to many different areas of the global Sherwin-Williams business. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Corporate Division and Consolidation Close

• Monthly Procedures
  
  
  
  • Record monthly journal entries
  • Maintain and create allocations for worker's comp, benefits, aviation, and IT
  • Assist with Balance Sheet and Income Statement variance analysis
  • Throughout the close process, interact with Enterprise FP&A and SBS to assure financial statements are timely & accurate
  • Assist in preparation of select balance sheet accounts and ensure proper financial statement presentation
  • Assist in ad hoc analysis requests from Enterprise, SBS, and other stakeholders
  
  
• Quarterly & Annual Procedures
  
  
  
  • Assist with Balance Sheet and Income Statement review for Corporate Review
  • Assist with Quarterly Regional Analytics
  
  

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Perform periodic Balance Sheet reviews for the respective financial areas of Corporate
  
  
  
  • Year Over Year & Current Year vs. Prior Year Trend Analysis
  • Monthly Review
  • Delinquency Review
  • Quality Assurance Review
  
  
• Assist with clean-up of long outstanding reconciling items
• Assist with OneStream RCM account reconciliation tool maintenance and status reporting

Involvement in key company initiatives and various system or process implementations

• Review, evaluate, document, and propose improvements to various accounting / financial processes
• Perform account maintenance - assign ownership of new accounts and create/update account groupings
• Consolidation of financial metadata
• Other special projects as needed

Ownership of various key controls to ensure the accuracy of financial results and reporting

Because this role involves access to confidential financial information, the Company has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and to provide similar protections for its clients and potential investments.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• Minimum of one year of progressive accounting, finance, or audit experience
• Knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Excellent customer service orientation

Preferred:

• Public accounting experience
• Previous experience with Oracle and OneStream
• Transactional Lean training

Travel: 10%