Financial Analyst

This position is accountable for the daily, weekly, and monthly preparation and analysis of reports for management's use in fiscal decision making. The Financial Analyst is also accountable for processing and reporting financial information in an accurate and timely manner and the implementation of internal controls to safeguard assets.

This position is primarily responsible for: monitoring and analyzing financial variances, capital expenditures, flash preparation, forecast preparation, month end closing, accounts payable and other duties as needed. This position will also be expected to perform additional ad-hoc duties relating to P&L reconciliation, budget preparation, forecasting, and expense and capital tracking.

Additional Information

The travel for this position is 20%

This role is not remote/hybrid. This role will report to Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113 or 950 Sherwin Parkway Buford, GA 30518.

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.

• Responsible for the daily review of expenses.
• Responsible for generating Daily, Weekly and Monthly Takts for Buford and summarizing/updating for Region.
• Responsible for the monthly close of financial data to the General Ledger for CTS Buford and CTS National.
• Responsible for analyzing payroll and CTS billing
• Assist the Buford Finance Manager in the development of the Annual Operating Budget for CTS.
• Work with the National Fleet and Region to develop the Annual Operating Budget for Dry Van, Tankers, and Undistributed.
• Responsible for Buford (DSC/CTS) and National AP duties including (PO creation, Vendor set up, hold issues, process improvements, Receipts etc..).
• Analyze National and Buford CTS costs and revenue.
• Analyze monthly CTS P&L summaries for anomalies, investigate and report findings to management.
• Serve as a Site interface with Division and Regional Accounting.
• Develop quarterly site, regional division, and corporate reports in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provides analytical support for Operational Excellence cost savings projects, including Lean projects, Six Sigma, Capital Projects, Kaizen Events and 5S projects related to CTS.
• Participation towards completion of other related tasks and duties as directed or needed.
• Assist with any Ad Hoc Region requests.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1,etc.)
• Must have Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business
• Must have at least one (1) year of work experience in finance, or accounting or have you completed a Sherwin-Williams development program in Finance
• Must have at least one (1) year of work experience using Microsoft Excel, including writing formulas, formatting and sorting data, creating pivot tables, and importing/exporting excel data to and from proprietary software

Preferred Qualification:

• Have at least two (2) years of Accounting or Finance experience
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience in accounting in a manufacturing/distribution environment
• Have one (1) year experience with Microsoft Office, Oracle and Business Objects.
• Have experience preparing an annual budget