Senior Financial Accountant

at  Waters Corporation

Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant, who will be part of the Eastern Europe Accounting Team working close with the Manager with country-level and regional responsibilities and participating in various projects to drive efficiency and harmonization in EMEA.

The main responsibilities are:

• Regional responsibility for 2-3 Entities in Europe East Global Markets
• Regional responsibility for statutory reporting
• Regional responsibility for tax reporting and compliance

Responsibilities:

• US GAAP & STAT responsibility for 2-3 Entities within the region:
• accrual
• local taxes
• prepaids
• trial balance review and taking necessary action (clearings, reclasses,…)
• any other requests related to the Entity
• Responsible for internal and external Audit process for the same Entities
• Daily/monthly tasks for the whole Eastern region:
• Tax packages / statutory adjustments
• FX revaluation
• compliance
• Participation in European projects & developing Eastern Accounting structure
• Approval of Blackline reconciliations for 5 Entities in the Eastern region
• Assistance in various Management tasks
• Collaboration with internal Partners:European Process Team, Payroll & Benefits, Corporate Accounting & Tax, Global Project Teams, FP&A Team
• Collaboration with external Partners:E&Y, Deloitte, PWC
• Ad-hoc reporting and accounting tasks

Qualifications:

• Accounting qualification / Master’s in accounting or business administration
• Min 5 years of experience in an accounting position
• Self-motivated and ability to use own initiative to improve existing processes
• Strong team player with good communication skills to develop positive relationships (internal and external)
• Agile with ability to manage across borders
• Willing to develop in a European Organization
• Strong English language skills, oral and written
• Additional European languages are also an advantage
• Experience with SAP, Blackline and Microsoft Office

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

The main responsibilities are:

• Regional responsibility for 2-3 Entities in Europe East Global Markets
• Regional responsibility for statutory reporting
• Regional responsibility for tax reporting and complianc

Responsibilities:

• US GAAP & STAT responsibility for 2-3 Entities within the region:
• accrual
• local taxes
• prepaids
• trial balance review and taking necessary action (clearings, reclasses,…)
• any other requests related to the Entity
• Responsible for internal and external Audit process for the same Entities
• Daily/monthly tasks for the whole Eastern region:
• Tax packages / statutory adjustments
• FX revaluation
• compliance
• Participation in European projects & developing Eastern Accounting structure
• Approval of Blackline reconciliations for 5 Entities in the Eastern region
• Assistance in various Management tasks
• Collaboration with internal Partners:European Process Team, Payroll & Benefits, Corporate Accounting & Tax, Global Project Teams, FP&A Team
• Collaboration with external Partners:E&Y, Deloitte, PWC
• Ad-hoc reporting and accounting task