What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Finance Manager, Service position at Waters Corporation?
Overview
The Senior Finance Manager will be a pivotal part of Waters Division global Service Finance team, offering an exciting opportunity to gain valuable regional and global experience to support your professional growth.
In this role, you will be responsible for providing financial oversight and support for our dynamic and fast-paced Global Service team You will be leading activities such as budgeting, forecasting, ad hoc analysis, and process improvement to drive the commercial success of our business. The Senior Finance Manager will own global revenue, margins, and service-related costs for the largest business unit in Waters Division, working closely with senior finance and business leaders across the company. We are seeking a motivated and strategic teammate with a keen eye for detail who thrives in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team in managing a ~$1B P&L within Waters Division, focusing on key financial metrics (revenue, margins, plan attachment, strategic initiatives, etc.) to drive business performance.
- Partner with Service BU leadership to deliver actionable financial insights that drive revenue growth and maximize profitability, leveraging detailed analysis to enable data-driven decision-making.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to Service BU leadership, offering recommendations to navigate ambiguity, accelerate profitable growth, and implement new technologies and processes to enhance financial and operational decision-making.
- Develop and implement the annual operating plan and financial forecasts, ensuring alignment with business goals, and providing insights into performance. Oversee both annual and long-term financial planning cycles, analyzing market trends, gross margins, headcount, and other key drivers.
- Lead efforts to improve financial processes and drive operational efficiency, eliminating non-value-added activities, enhancing data governance and reporting, and collaborating across teams to optimize financial operations.
- Manage special projects and ad-hoc financial reporting, providing insights to support decision-making and ensure alignment with emerging business needs and strategies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business
- 10 years of proven experience in Finance with a track record of scalable success, including leading a team
- Experience in a global manufacturing organization
- Proven experience leading teams in a matrixed, multi-cultural organization
- Effective communication and presentation skills, translating technical information into actionable business insights
- Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and other MS Office applications.
Company Description
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.
Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.
