FINANCE- Analyst Credit

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 • 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. 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.