Senior Financial Accountant

Overview

Waters Germany are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join the team! This role can be based at our Dernbach or Eschborn offices.

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.

Please submit your CV in English.

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

You will be :

• Independent and hands-on work approach
• Proven collaboration skills
• Proactive communication
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve issues
• Flexibility to work on multiple accounting topics
• Project and change management skills are an advantage
• Self-development interest
• Proficient English and German Language Skills (written and spoken);

Travel :

• A valid passport will be required;
• This position requires occasional travel within Germany or to other countries for activities such as meetings and training.

In return, you will receive competitive pay and benefits you would expect from a Global Leading Business.

We're actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough.

We strive to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential.

We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the

communities they serve.

We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process according to your needs. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to work flexibly.

Please don’t hesitate to ask during the recruitment process around hybrid working and flexibility; we’ll do our best to support you.

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.