Finance Analyst, Accounts Payable COE

Sherwin-Williams•Cleveland, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position supports the Sherwin Business Services (SBS) Logistics, Accounts Payable and Travel processes through our center of excellence. This position will help support process improvement, reporting enhancements, and freight supplier onboarding. This position manages freight mappings and master data management related to our freight payment process. This position will be working closely with outsourcer partners and monitoring SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) and KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) to hold parties accountable and drive process improvements to meet targeted goals. This role is not hybrid/remote and will report to our Hinckley Parkway location in Cleveland, OH. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
1+ years of accounting, finance, or audit experience
Microsoft Office products Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Clear and concise communication in verbal and written form
Organizing, planning and prioritizing work
Detail-oriented, flexible
Team-oriented
Ability to work independently

Nice To Haves

Experience in Payable Accounts and freight logistics
Experience with accounting entries and reconciliations
Adapt easily to technological advancements in a fast-paced environment
Use experience and knowledge to improve and lean processes
Using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
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Responsibilities

Accruals and Report Review: Collaboration with Logistics and Accounts Payable Teams on aging reports
Review and update freight mappings to ensure they are accurate.
Support global teams with month end activities.
Support clearing exceptions in the freight payment process.
Review exception reporting and work with team to clear exceptions
Maintain rule data in logistic system to help reduce exceptions
Help submit service tickets or enhancement with outsourcer partners.
Perform other projects as assigned
Assist on process improvement initiatives for Global Logistics, Accounts Payable and Travel
Perform testing and analyzing results
Cross functional support COE team supports global AP, Logistics and Travel and will help with ad hoc reporting and projects.
Become familiar with all outsourcer relationships that COE team manages.
Review and monitor KPI and SLA’s on a monthly basis
Work with freight pay management and COE management to help drive improvements
Run and analyze reporting
Develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships.
Help with freight supplier onboarding