Controller

The Principal Finance Controller is responsible for managing statutory reporting, tax compliance, and financial governance for assigned LATAM legal entities. This role requires strong technical accounting expertise, hands-on controllership experience, and effective collaboration with auditors, tax advisors, shared service organizations, and regional stakeholders in a multinational environment. The role also drives integration of acquired entities into company processes and ensures compliance with local statutory, tax, and VAT requirements.

• Statutory Reporting & Compliance

• Accounting & Month-End Close

• Taxation (Direct & Indirect)

• Taxation (Direct & Indirect)

• Stakeholder Management

• Project & Integration Support

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in finance controllership, statutory reporting, or audit.
• Demonstrated experience supporting LATAM entities in a multinational organization
• Experience with SAP, Blackline, Excel (advanced), and MS Office.
• Prior exposure to month-end closing, statutory reporting, and tax compliance processes.
• Fluent in English; Spanish and Portuguese.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Approximately 25% travel 
• BS in Accounting 

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide. 

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.