Strategic Finance Manager

Waters is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to join our global Strategic Planning and M&A Finance team. As a senior member of this high-performing team, you will provide deep, data-driven analyses to solve complex business challenges, support high-impact strategic initiatives, including M&A, and drive decision-making across the organisation. This role will focus on delivering actionable insights through advanced financial modelling, industry analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

• Business Problem Solving: Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to address critical business challenges by delivering comprehensive financial and operational analyses on a variety of topics such as, prioritisation of key initiatives, development of strategic plans, determining the optimal level of investment and evaluating viability of new product and market initiatives.
• Strategic Financial Modelling: Lead the development of complex financial models to support decision-making for mergers and acquisitions, market expansions, and other strategic initiatives.
• Data-Driven Insights: Analyse large datasets to extract actionable insights and provide recommendations that enhance strategic planning, performance, and growth.
• Executive-Level Communication: Develop and deliver high-quality investment memos, presentations, and recommendations for senior management and the board.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with teams across the organisation, including Operations, Marketing, and Legal, to support strategic initiatives and drive execution.
• Ad Hoc Strategic Projects: Contribute to high-priority projects, such as strategic investments, long-term forecasting, and operational efficiency initiatives.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field;
• MBA or CFA preferred.

Experience

• Solid experience in financial analysis, strategic planning, M&A, strategy consulting or a related analytical role.
• Expertise in financial modelling, scenario analysis, and strategic evaluation of complex business situations.
• Strong communication skills, with experience presenting to senior executives and distilling complex analyses into clear recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with financial systems (e.g., SAP) and data visualisation tools is a plus.
• Proven ability to work on multiple high-priority projects and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Prior experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, M&A transactions, management consulting, or corporate strategy.

What We Offer

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a proactive and analytical professional to play a pivotal role in shaping business decisions and driving strategic growth at Waters. As a trusted partner to leadership, the Strategic Finance Manager will have significant impact across the organisation, supporting key initiatives and delivering critical insights that guide the company’s future direction. This role is based in Wilmslow, UK, with a hybrid work model (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on-site) with the option to work remotely on Monday and Friday. 

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.

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.