Director, Strategy Finance

Overview

Waters is seeking a Director of Integration & M&A Finance to join our global Strategic Planning and M&A Finance team. As a senior member of this high-performing team, you will lead financial activities related to post-merger integration, synergy delivery, and value creation initiatives, while also supporting selected strategic and M&A activities.

This role will serve as a key strategic finance partner to senior stakeholders across the organisation, including the Head of Transformation, Integration & Transformation Office leadership, and functional business leaders. The position will focus on advising stakeholders on value creation opportunities, integration trade-offs, financial implications of operational decisions, and execution priorities to maximise delivery and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership & Advisory

• Act as a trusted finance partner and advisor to the Head of Transformation, Integration & Transformation Office, and senior functional leaders, providing financial insight and challenge to support decision-making, prioritisation, and execution of integration and transformation initiatives.

• Lead financial oversight of integration and value capture programmes, partnering closely with business workstreams to ensure alignment on delivery priorities, governance, risks, and execution.

• Support the development and monitoring of integration and value capture business plans, including synergy initiatives, operational improvement actions, investment prioritisation, and financial delivery milestones across cost and revenue programmes.

• Lead the development of financial models related to integration, synergy delivery, scenario analysis, and broader strategic initiatives, including selected M&A and transformation projects.

• Establish and maintain governance frameworks to monitor performance, manage risks, track delivery against targets, and ensure timely escalation of issues impacting value capture.

• Provide analytical and financial insight to translate operational initiatives into measurable P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet impact, supporting strategic decision-making and execution.

• Develop and deliver high-quality updates, presentations, and recommendations for senior management and Board review, ensuring clear communication of progress, risks, and value delivery.

• Work closely with teams across Finance, Operations, Commercial, HR, IT, and Legal to support integration execution, strategic initiatives, and organisational alignment.

• Contribute to high-priority projects including strategic investments, transformation initiatives, long-term planning, and operational efficiency programmes.

• Experience in strategic finance, integration, M&A, strategic planning, consulting, or a related analytical and leadership role
• Expertise in financial modelling, scenario analysis, value capture tracking, and strategic evaluation of complex business situations
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management experience, with the ability to influence senior leaders and challenge constructively
• Strong communication skills, including experience presenting to senior executives and translating complex analyses into clear recommendations
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with financial systems and data visualisation tools is a plus
• Proven ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working across cross-functional and global teams
• Prior experience in investment banking, M&A transactions, consulting, corporate strategy, transformation, or integration-related activities is beneficial