Overview:
We have an exciting opportunity to support our rapidly growing Latin American business. We are seeking a Regional Finance and Administration Director to lead our Latin American Finance and Administration organization. The Director will provide business partnership, financial insights and analysis to support the Latin America Field Operations Division. The division provides direct sales, service and technical support to the Brazil, Mexico and Puerto Rico markets and sales via distributors in other Latin American countries. The finance and administration team provides accounting, analysis, reporting, forecasting, planning, AOP development, logistics, and order to cash support for the division. The position reports directly to the US-based Senior Director of Finance and Administration for the Americas and indirectly to the VP of Latin America Operations.
**Responsibilities**:
- use of analytics and business acumen to collaborate with business leaders to develop orders and sales forecasts
- proactive partnering with business leaders on allocation of resources including headcount, operating expenses, capital and inventory
- partnering with business leaders and the Americas Incentives Manager on design, management, and calculation of competitive incentive plans, aligned with Waters global strategy
- ensuring compliance with revenue recognition rules and policies
- oversight and ultimate responsibility of team efforts to:
- administer all incentive plans for the organization including plan documents, goal setting, modeling and calculation of payouts
- perform accounting for the organization, including accruals, demo inventory, intercompany profit eliminations and revenue deferrals
- conduct business analysis of sales and trade margin performance
plan, develop and implement cost center level budget/annual operating plan for division
provide local tax and statutory support
- ensure internal and external compliance covering financial accounting
- ad-hoc reports to management
Qualifications:
- a self-aware, genuine and optimistic leader with proven ability to develop a diverse, high performance, results-oriented team
- passion for creating improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of finance and accounting processes and procedures, both individually and through inspiration of team members
outstanding accountability
- good judgment and ability to make strong decisions independently, while keeping key stakeholders informed
- fluency in English and Spanish, with a preference for functional Portuguese
- proactive problem solving, balanced leadership and pro-active business partnering with supported groups
- bachelors degree required, focus in Accounting or Finance strongly preferred. MBA, CPA or equivalent preferred
- 10+ years of experience supporting field sales and/or service organizations in a Latin American subsidiary of a global company
- strong accounting and controls experience
- systems aptitude and proficiency in the Microsoft suite
- strong commitment to customer satisfaction and continual process improvement
ability to work closely in a team environment, interacting with all levels of the organization and have the communication skills and poise to do so effectively
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._
