Senior Finance Analyst, Lease Accounting

Sherwin-Williams•Cleveland, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is part of the Sherwin Business Services (SBS) team and plays a key role in accounting for the Company’s Global Property and Equipment leases. Primary responsibilities include performing tasks to ensure the completeness, accuracy and integrity of the Company’s lease population within the global lease accounting system, preparing monthly journal entries in accordance with the lease accounting standard, and executing process improvement initiatives. This position has significant interaction with other functional areas, including the regional accounting teams, Global Accounting & Intercompany COE, Global Controllership, Technical Accounting, Global Transaction Systems, IT, Procurement, system users, etc. This position also works directly with the Company’s lease accounting system vendor and external auditors.

Requirements

Access to confidential financial information requires a review of criminal history.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.
Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.

Responsibilities

Performing tasks to ensure the completeness, accuracy and integrity of the Company’s lease population within the global lease accounting system
Preparing monthly journal entries in accordance with the lease accounting standard
Executing process improvement initiatives