Financial Analyst - Commercial Downstream - Ecolab Inc.

Ecolab has an opening for a Financial Analyst in our Downstream Division Commercial Finance Organization, located in Houston, TX. The individual will be responsible for providing direct financial support to the Downstream Division Street Sales and as well as some Corporate Account Sales teams.  Through this role, this position will be expected to understand the various customer programs and act as finance business partner to the Area Vice Presidents of Street Accounts, within the Downstream Division. This position will serve as a finance business partner to the Street Sales team, helping to drive sales growth and safeguarding the profitability of the business. This includes working on upfront deal making, ongoing account profit improvement projects and price adjustments. This position will work closely with legal, marketing, sales operations, and other internal departments as needed to support the street sales teams. They will also be responsible for monitoring financial provisions in the completed agreements/contracts, ad-hoc reporting, and projects as needed.

What You Will Do

• Work directly with Sales Area Vice President, Street Accounts, District Sales Managers, and marketing to provide financial support in the areas of deal analysis and contract negotiation, proforma P&L's, profit management, pricing strategy and execution, contract management and rebate analysis.
• Support the overall Street Account team with development and execution of best practices and drive process improvements.
• Drive pricing analysis for Street Accounts including contractual adjustments, hardship support, negotiation strategy, etc.
• Establish a robust contract management system for Downstream NA such that we strengthen the commercial terms in our contracts, track commercial terms and incentives and ensure correct execution of contract terms.
• Lead capital equipment/digital forecasting, planning and execution process for the NA Downstream Team.
• Advanced financial modeling and analysis with large data sets.
• Provide ad-hoc pricing, reporting and analysis to internal and external customers as needed.
• Partner on special projects to support the business and functions (Marketing, Sales, FP&A).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
• 2 years of finance or accounting experience
• 2 years corporate/operational finance or strategy consulting experience
• No immigration sponsorship offered for this position

 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interact across multiple levels of management
• High attention to detail and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders and manage multiple priorities
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity; able to self-manage well; highly accountable
• Results oriented; proactive; and possesses a high level of integrity
• Knowledge of SAP and Access
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Prior experience working with financial data and financial reporting systems
• Highly proficient in MS Excel and Power Point

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