Sr Manager Internal Controls

Corporate Accounting Manager

As part of the Corporate Accounting team at Waters Corporation this role will have global responsibility over managing and maintaining our internal control environment in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404. Working cross functionally with global control owners, Waters Internal Audit Department, and our external auditors, this individual will be a resource to the global business ensuring our internal control environment remains up to date in both its design and effectiveness. This includes ensuring our controls remain up to date considering changing business requirements and the facilitation of independent testing of key controls over financial reporting. Control deficiencies identified should be monitored for remediation, and this person will assist in ensuring that any testing requirements from both Internal Audit and our external auditors are completed timely.

Responsibilities

Manage the developing team to support global business in the management of our global internal controls in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404. This includes but is not limited to development / refinement of SOX and COSO frameworks, periodic risk assessments, key reports testing of our internal control environment, ensuring our controls remain up to date and relevant considering organizational changes or mergers and acquisitions.

Manage and support efforts in conjunction with internal audit and external auditors, the integrated audit and independent assurance testing of key controls over financial reporting including the analysis of control deficiencies internally or externally identified and provide guidance to develop impactful, sustainable, and timely remedial action plans.

Build a team with skillsets to support compliance of business process and ITGC internal controls and measure success and efficiency through KPI's.

Qualifications

Education / Certifications :

• A bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or finance
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) preferred

Experience :

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Demonstrates the ability to :

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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.

Key Words

Internal Controls Framework (e.g., COSO, SOX) Risk Assessment & Mitigation Control Design & Implementation Compliance Monitoring Audit Coordination (Internal & External) Process Improvement & Optimization Policy Development & Enforcement Governance & Regulatory Compliance Financial Reporting Controls Segregation of Duties (SoD)