Senior Financial Accountant

at  Waters Corporation

Overview:
Waters Germany are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join the team!
As Senior Financial Accountant, you will serve as a trusted Business Partner to our business management team to increase efficiency and to encourage high performance culture. Our Finance team is a professional, yet comfortable group to work in. You will utilise your expertise in strategic projects and execute them with the support from the team. If you are keen to become part of a winning team and believe that your knowledge and experience would make a great contribution to our organisation, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all US GAAP and Statutory accounting operations are compliant, efficient and diligent in all transactions and reporting.
• For all WYATT entities in Europe: Responsible for timely and accurate month end close, including reconciliation of ending balances and reporting to parent group.
• On time statutory filling, accurate TAX & VAT return, other local taxes and statutory reporting requirements of the German legal entity.
• Responsible for meeting all financial compliance requirements, including internal controls (SOX), internal and external audits.
• Drive and support integration with Waters processes.
• Assisting in any ad hoc duties assigned.

Qualifications:

RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT LIMITED TO:

• US GAAP and Statutory accounting operations are compliant, efficient and diligent in all transactions and reporting.
• Responsible for timely and accurate month end close, including reconciliation of ending balances and reporting to parent group.
• On time statutory filling, accurate TAX & VAT return, other local taxes and statutory reporting requirements of the German legal entity.
• Meeting all financial compliance requirements, including internal controls (SOX), internal and external audits.
• Drive and support integration with Waters processes.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

• Hold a university degree in Accounting or Business Studies or equivalent; additional Accounting or Tax qualification would be advantageous
• Professional experience in a BIG 10 Audit Firm or equivalent role
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, German GAAP & TAX rules, demonstrated both in theory and practice.
• International and diverse environment experience
• Working in matrix organization with internal controls
• MS Office Package, excellent Excel skills
• Navision, SAP and Blackline experience would be advantageous

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all US GAAP and Statutory accounting operations are compliant, efficient and diligent in all transactions and reporting.
• For all WYATT entities in Europe: Responsible for timely and accurate month end close, including reconciliation of ending balances and reporting to parent group.
• On time statutory filling, accurate TAX & VAT return, other local taxes and statutory reporting requirements of the German legal entity.
• Responsible for meeting all financial compliance requirements, including internal controls (SOX), internal and external audits.
• Drive and support integration with Waters processes.
• Assisting in any ad hoc duties assigned