Principal Accountant

Overview

Join Our Team as a Principal Financial Accountant in Wilmslow!

Are you a seasoned financial professional looking for an exciting new challenge? We are seeking a Principal Financial Accountant to manage all statutory and tax matters for our sales and service entities in the UK. This role offers the opportunity to drive audit efficiency initiatives and oversee other legal entities in the North Europe region.

Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire

Work Model: Hybrid (3 days on-site per week)

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage accounting and month-end close activities for entities in the Europe North Field organization.
• Ensure statutory, VAT, and tax compliance for UK sales and service entities (Waters and Wyatt).
• Oversee statutory, tax, and VAT reporting for legal entities across the Northern Field region, including the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway.
• Handle full accounting and month-end reporting for Wyatt UK.
• Lead audit efficiency projects across the region and contribute to European and global initiatives.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Education: Full membership of a recognized accounting body.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years in a European accounting role, with audit experience.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of US GAAP, UK statutory, tax, and VAT rules. Proficiency in SAP, Excel, MS Office, and Blackline.
  
  
  

Competencies:

• Ability to work independently within a geographically dispersed team.
• Excellent collaboration and proactive, self-driven approach.
• Hands-on work style with strong problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility to manage multiple accounting topics.
• Project and change management skills are a plus.
• Commitment to self-development.
  
  
  

Travel Requirements:

• Must hold a current passport and be prepared to travel abroad, including occasional weekends.
  
  
  

Why Join Us?

We are committed to building diverse teams and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We celebrate our differences and value the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve. We also offer reasonable adjustments to our interview process to accommodate your needs.

Apply now to become a part of our high-performing accounting team and make a significant impact across the Northern Europe region!

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.