Sr. Financial Analyst - Commercial Finance

Ecolab is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for its Downstream Division Commercial Finance Organization, based in Houston, TX. This role involves providing comprehensive financial support to the Downstream Division Sales teams, including gaining insight into various customer programs, and serving as a finance partner to sales leaders managing Corporate and Street accounts. The position plays a pivotal role in driving sales growth and ensuring business profitability. The selected candidate will collaborate closely with colleagues across sales, legal, marketing, supply chain, and other internal departments to facilitate deal structuring, price adjustments, account profit improvement initiatives, contract administration, as well as additional projects and ad-hoc reporting requirements.

Hybrid: Onsite 3 days / week - Houston, TX

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with senior sales leaders, marketing, and supply chain to deliver financial support in commercial areas such as deal analysis, contract and incentive negotiation, profit improvement, and pricing strategy.
• Perform comprehensive pricing analysis, encompassing activities such as contractual price adjustments, hardship justifications, scenario modeling, and development of negotiation strategies.
• Monitor commercial terms and incentives, ensure contract compliance, and strive to optimize terms.

• Analyze large datasets to generate insights, guide decisions, and track strategy results.
• Collaborate with other departments on initiatives aimed at establishing new processes, improving capabilities, and supporting business operations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related discipline
• 4 years of finance experience
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and economic analysis.
• No immigration sponsorship offered for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication across management levels.
• Diligent, collaborative, and skilled at managing priorities.
• Adaptable to ambiguity; independent and accountable.
• Results-driven, proactive, and committed to integrity.
• Proficient in SAP, Access, MS Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent analytical and organizational abilities.
• Experienced with financial data and reporting systems.

Benefits

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Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are inclusive. We are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA).

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.