Sherwin-Williams

Global paint and coatings manufacturer

Financial Analyst

Risk ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMexico City, CDMX, MexicoNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration, or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience in finance, accounting, or sales.
Knowledge of operational analysis and business communications.
Demonstrated critical thinking and business problem-solving.
Ability to analyze performance, market insights, and strategy execution to maximize market share growth and efficiency.
Ability to collaborate across diverse functional teams, use strategic decision-making, support business growth, and optimize business outcomes.
Ability to influence attitudes, behaviors, and decisions through communication, negotiation, leadership, adaptation, and collaboration with varied stakeholders.
Ability to serve as a trusted strategic advisor to business leaders using in-depth knowledge of the relevant business segment.
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally throughout the Enterprise Financial Services organization.
Ability to identify process inefficiencies and interpret key performance indicators.
Ability to communicate ideas and decisions verbally and in writing to diverse stakeholders clearly, concisely, and effectively.
Ability to build and maintain financial models to monitor and analyze business performance.
Ability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and communicate meaningful insights.
Ability to compare and reconcile financial records from multiple sources and analyze data for trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
Proficiency in Microsoft applications, including Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

Open new accounts and establish appropriate account credit limits.
Make sell/hold decisions.
Maintain direct contact with customers.
Conduct collection activities, including third-party placements.

Desired Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in Accounting.
Sherwin-Williams store, facility, or branch experience.
Experience in Accounts Receivable.
Knowledge of Sherwin-Williams systems, including OneStream, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, OnBase, and Access.
Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices.
Ability to create financial models using key financial performance drivers and historical data to forecast future outcomes.
Ability to motivate, coach, mentor, and sponsor others to accelerate career growth and development.
Proficiency in U.S. GAAP accounting principles, including revenue recognition, accrual accounting, and inventory valuation.
Knowledge of current financial and cross-functional platforms to gain insights and drive innovation through scalable efficiencies.
Ability to manage accounts receivable portfolios and make credit decisions that support profitable sales growth while minimizing financial risk.
Ability to review and establish credit limits for new and existing customers within approved authority levels.
Ability to monitor customer accounts, assess credit risk, and take proactive actions to reduce potential losses.
Ability to maintain relationships with customers, sales teams, and internal stakeholders to resolve credit and payment issues.
Ability to execute collection activities, including customer outreach, dispute resolution, and coordination with third-party collection agencies.
Ability to analyze collection performance and recommend process improvements that enhance cash flow and working capital results.
Ability to support continuous improvement by identifying process inefficiencies and promoting automation opportunities.
Ability to monitor and report key performance indicators to improve service levels and accounts receivable performance.
Ability to ensure compliance with company credit policies, procedures, and financial controls.
Ability to maintain accurate customer and financial records and support internal and external audit requests.
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally to address customer billing requirements and improve customer experience.
Ability to analyze financial data and account trends to support business decisions and operational effectiveness.

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

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.

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.

Salary Frequency: Quincenal

About the Company

Sherwin-Williams

Global paint and coatings manufacturer

Sherwin-Williams makes paints and coatings for professional, industrial, commercial, and consumer customers. It sells branded and private-label coatings for architectural, industrial, packaging, and transportation markets, distributed through more than 5,000 company-operated stores and facilities and supplying engineered coatings to over 120 countries. Its products protect and decorate surfaces in buildings, manufacturing, packaging, and transportation, and are supported by digital access and strong customer service. The company aims to maintain leadership in the paint and coatings industry by delivering high-quality products, expanding globally, and maintaining reliable access to its solutions through partnerships.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Cleveland, OH
Founded: 1866

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