The Enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis, Budget and Incentives team provides centralized budgeting and incentive tracking for Sherwin-William's global businesses. This includes partnering with the company's business units to develop and maintain accurate expectations of business drivers that enable business strategy and action. The Finance Manager of Budget and Incentives leads a team that works closely with a variety of functional areas within the Company spanning various levels of the organization. This role manages a segment of the global incentive compensation budgeting process from end to end and has responsibility over ensuring that the Company's incentive compensation budget policies and procedures are implemented and maintained throughout the year, driving accurate incentive forecasts and payouts. This role is focused on: Develop, coordinate, and maintain the financial operating systems surrounding the annual incentive compensation budget process to ensure budgets are accurate and in alignment with the Company's strategic goals and objectives. Actively manage the incentive compensation budget adjustments to ensure accuracy is maintained throughout the year. Calculate and track incentive programs in conjunction with HR and business partners. Collaborate with peers to create a consistent and streamlined incentive month-end close and forecasting process that will be used to provide clear visibility of financial projections, control costs, and prevent unforeseen impacts to key stakeholders. Manage the timely and accurate publication of monthly financial incentive results and develop enhancements that will allow business units to better drive strategy and profit. Lead a team of two with a focus on talent development; set standards of performance, coach, train, and develop employees through regular, clear, and consistent communication of goals and deliverables. In addition to the tasks listed above, this position will gain exposure to reporting and hierarchy changes related to the Company's global system integration projects and will help drive continuous improvement by employing transactional lean concepts to improve the budget and incentive processes. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong work ethic, ability to work well under pressure, and the skills to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced work environment. Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to adjust and reprioritize as needed, while maintaining a strict adherence to deadlines is critical. Attention to detail, as well as a desire and ability to problem solve through complex financial situations is a must. POSITION REQUIREMENTS FORMAL EDUCATION: Required: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with a focus in Finance or Accounting. Preferred: Master's in Accounting/Finance or CPA . KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE: Required: 5+ years of experience in high performance Finance and/or Accounting related roles with demonstrated skills and responsibilities in budget and incentives. Ability to create financial models leveraging key drivers of financial performance, including the use of historical data to predict future outcomes. This can include creating a rolling forecast, capital planning, workforce planning, commercial planning, and building an annual operating plan. Ability to use narratives to communicate ideas, decisions, and strategies to stakeholders and leaders. Tailoring stories to different stakeholders, considering their backgrounds, needs, and interests. Effective executive storytelling involves crafting stories that are clear, concise, and impactful, using a mixture of emotional, visual, and logical elements. Preferred: Experience in budgeting for incentive compensations. Ability to analyze data, present findings, and offer propo