Finance Systems Year-Round Intern

The Sherwin-Williams Finance internship is designed to provide you with hands-on experience in the Sherwin Business Services (SBS) Global Transactional Systems Team.

The internship features hands on financial systems administration experience, where youll develop a basic understanding of business processes: Source-to-Contract, Procure-to-Pay, and Travel Expense while supporting the finance applications associated with each, such as Coupa, Concur and Sirion. Youll gain meaningful exposure to a disciplined process utilizing Agile and more traditional methodologies that assists with financial process improvement definition, user adoption techniques, and support of internal customers in general Q&A and how to use finance applications.

This internship is scheduled to begin May 2025.

Year Round: This role requires availability to work a minimum of 15 hours and maximum of 28 hours per week during the school year and maximum of 37.5 hours during the summer, with the ability to work at least one (1) year.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

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.

• Serve as a resource and provide troubleshooting and/or issue resolution support to internal customers.
• Maintain and/or create procedural documentation.
• Conduct testing in the form of project tasks, release updates and bug fixes.
• Complete research, data gathering and analysis.
• Support the usage of Global standardized policies and processes across Finance and Procurement.

Leadership Development:

• Participate in delivery of a project, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure.
• Exposure to financial systems insights and analytics and the operational processes that drive critical decision-making.
  

Professional Development:

• Exposure to financial systems
• Experience working on an Agile Product team
• Development of professional network by collaborating across finance, technical, and business department(s)
• Enhancing financial and business acumen through skill development
• Experience in process improvement initiatives

What is the Process to get Started?

Step 1 Online Application

Find the role(s) that interest you on our Careers page:

Set aside 15 minutes to create your profile by entering or importing your details from one of our job board partners

Step 2 Digital Interview

Upon review of your application, qualified candidates will be invited to complete a digital video interview via HireVue, our interview partner. The interview will consist of a few behavioral based questions

Youll be able to record and complete your video interview anytime, anywhere! While you can complete this video interview on your own schedule, we ask that this step be completed within 7 days of receiving an invitation

Step 3 Panel Interview

Your video interview is reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team and our top candidates are invited to meet with out team in a virtual Microsoft teams panel interview.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.
• Must be enrolled in a college or university, pursuing a degree in Finance, Accounting, or Businessat the time of the internship
• Willingness to work all scheduled hours, including overtime as needed, with or without reasonable accommodation

Preferred Qualifications

• Be a rising or current Junior or Senior in college or university at the start of the internship program
• Have prior school or work experience in finance, accounting, and business
• Have at least one (1) year of experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams, and/or Outlook)
• Have previous experience working in a team-oriented setting including work experience, extracurricular activities, military service, etc.
• Previous experience in the Sherwin-Williams Corporate Finance Internship Program