Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

Join our dynamic Global Service Finance team as a Senior Financial Analyst, reporting directly to the Sr. Finance Manager – Global Service. In this strategic role, you will help drive business performance by delivering insightful financial analysis and data-driven recommendations that influence decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering:  Serve as the primary finance partner to the Service HQ Partner’s business. Deliver financial modeling, benchmarking, and executive-level reporting of key performance indicators. Communicate a clear and compelling narrative around business drivers and the implications of financial results.

• Operational & Financial Analysis: Support global service functions through proactive business partnering. Analyze financial and operational results, highlighting key variances against forecast and plan to inform strategic decisions.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams on major initiatives. Provide financial insights to support decisions related to operational efficiency, cost optimization, capital investments, vendor selection, and negotiations.

• Month-End Close Support:  Contribute to the month-end close process by preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and conducting various financial analyses.

• Planning & Forecasting: Assist in developing current-year and long-range financial plans. Define financial targets using key business assumptions, applying rigorous methodologies and financial discipline.

• Ad Hoc Analysis: Provide timely and relevant financial analysis to support evolving business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field; MBA preferred
• 7+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis or business finance
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, scenario planning, and data visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, SAP)
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and storytelling skills
• Demonstrated integrity, transparency, and humility in professional conduct
• Strategic thinker with a global mindset and strong execution capabilities
• Proven ability to foster collaboration and enable team success

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.