Cost & Operations Accountant
Yesterday• Macclesfield, United Kingdom
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.
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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.
Client-provided location(s): Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Job ID: Waters-25124
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-01-15T18:42:22
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
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Office Life and Perks
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Financial and Retirement
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