Finance Business Partner Europe East

Waters Corporation; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to drive strategic financial insights and support business growth across the Europe East Region. This pivotal role involves collaborating with senior leadership to enhance financial performance, ensuring compliance, and leading transformative finance initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in commercial finance, coupled with excellent communication skills to engage with diverse teams. Join a dynamic organization that values innovation and inclusivity, providing opportunities for career advancement and personal development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a commercial finance role within a large organization.
• Experience partnering with commercial teams and understanding their priorities.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to regional business growth and profitability through performance management.
• Facilitates effective communication of financial performance for decision-making.

Skills

Commercial Finance

Financial Analysis

Strategic Planning

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

MBA or professional accounting qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Waters has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to provide business partnership, financial insights, and analysis to support the Europe East Region of EMEA. This position is a member of the EMEA Finance Senior Leadership team, reporting to the Senior Director, Finance EMEA.

Based in Vienna, Austria, the Finance Business Partner will also be a pivotal member of the Europe East Management Team, co-piloting the business with the commercial leader and supporting the commercial organization across Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

The successful candidate should be committed to international mobility to take advantage of career progression opportunities in both Finance and the Commercial organization, which may require relocation.

Responsibilities

1. Business Partnering: The role actively contributes to regional business growth and profitability. Owns the performance management process from strategic priorities setting, budgeting, forecasting, to variance and trend analysis. Drives long-term strategic planning, assesses business potential, and supports transformation initiatives. Provides financial support for strategic ad-hoc studies such as partnership, business case, and investment scenarios. Focuses on KPIs, deep dives into business drivers, provides guidance, challenges plans, offers solutions, and ensures regional management buy-in. Facilitates effective communication and understanding of financial and business performance to support decision-making, including corrective actions.
2. Finance Excellence: Collaborates with the EMEA Accounting team on monthly and quarterly closing processes, ensuring robust control and compliance across all countries. Works with the EMEA HQ team on reporting and analysis.
3. Finance Transformation: Supports regional and global efforts to harmonize processes and procedures, and to implement new tools, including RPA and automation technologies.
4. Leadership: Participates as a member of the EMEA Finance Leadership team, promoting process harmonization across the region and helping build a partnership-oriented organization aligned with strategic objectives.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• MBA or professional accounting qualification preferred.

Experience:

• Significant experience in a commercial finance role within a large organization, ideally in Life Sciences, Industrial, or FMCG sectors.
• Experience partnering with commercial teams, understanding their priorities, levers, and dependencies.
• Experience in fast-paced environments, with adaptability and comfort with ambiguity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, and other business software.
• Experience working within diverse cultural settings.

Competencies

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of partnering with and presenting to senior executives.
• Ability to operate within a complex matrix organization.
• Strong business acumen, analytical skills, and technical understanding.

We are committed to building diverse and inclusive teams, welcoming applications from everyone. We aim to create an environment where everyone can contribute and develop fully, celebrating our differences and reflecting the communities we serve. We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process to accommodate your needs.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) is a leading specialty measurement company, pioneering innovations in chromatography, mass spectrometry, and thermal analysis for over 60 years. With around 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in over 100 countries. Our focus is on creating advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to improve healthcare, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters offers opportunities to unlock career potential. Our global team is driven by purpose, striving for continuous improvement and innovation to address global challenges in health and well-being. We value diversity and inclusion, actively promoting inclusive practices and equal opportunity employment.