Cost and Operations Accountant

Waters; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in biotechnology is seeking a Cost Accountant to join the Global Operations Finance team in Wilmslow. The role supports the Finance Manager ensuring accurate product costing and compliance with financial controls. Responsibilities include coordinating with operations, month end reporting, and participation in SAP implementation. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in product costing and good communication skills. Offers flexible working, holidays, and generous benefits.

Benefits

25 days' holidays

Attractive employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product costing of manufactured products.
• Effective communication skills for generating reports.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with operations teams for accurate SAP material data.
• Ensure accurate costing of new products.
• Perform month end activities including inventory reporting.

Skills

Product costing

Good communication skills

Ability to work independently

Tools

SAP

Job description

Overview

Waters Corporation, the world's leading biotech and specialty measurement company is seeking a Cost Accountant to join the Global Operations Finance team in Wilmslow. The role supports the Finance Manager in ensuring the accuracy of material and product costs in compliance with financial controls.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate efforts with operations teams to ensure accurate SAP material master data, product costing module configurations, BOMs and routings.
• Coordinate the annual cost roll process and actively collaborate with operations teams to drive encouraged results and maintain compliance with internal controls.
• Ensure accurate costing of new products and provide financial support for business cases.
• Perform month end activities including the reconciliation, reporting and forecasting of inventory, PPV and MUV.
• Control of production order and rework costs.
• Validate proposals for continuous improvement initiatives and track actuals to plan.
• Participate in the SAP S/4 HANA implementation.

Qualifications

Experience:

• Proven and effective experience in product costing of manufactured products.
• SAP is beneficial.

Proficiencies

• Good written and oral communication skills are required, for example, to ensure succinct report generation, effective communication with staff, peer groups, etc across the organisation.
• Must be able to work independently and communicate with all levels of the organisation.

Travel (If Applicable)

None

In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days' holidays, excellent family-friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.

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.