Overview

This position is a senior role in Greater China to support business in mainland China, TW & HK.

This individual will provide vision, leadership to teams across the Greater China in terms of business partnering, business support, budgeting, new business modeling support for the division and ensure a facts-based and data-driven disciplined decision making.

Critical success factors for this role include business acumen, in-depth understanding of business, business modeling. Good communication and influence skill. This position reports to the senior director and head of operation of Greater China.

Responsibilities

Business Insight/leading indicator• Use of analytics and business acumen to collaborate with business leaders to develop orders and sales forecasts on weekly and monthly basis Cooperate with commercial department to increase the completeness, timeliness and accuracy of sales opportunities in Sales Force, win rate for leading indicator for forecast  Drive business growth and market share improvement  Partnering with market team on market intelligence, coverageBusiness supporting/partnering

 Lead on weekly reporting and monthly performance review, weekly progress Segment/product/region forecast  Enhance the forecast accuracy scorecard and leverage this as a mechanism to drive forecast accuracy of business segment/product line Ensure delivery of annual AOP and drive monthly/weekly progress with weekly tracking. Partnering with business leaders on allocation of resources including headcount, operating expenses, capital and inventory Develop a standard business analysis framework for finance BP across various sub-regionsBusiness Enablement and Effectiveness Regional/segment P&L and profitability improvement (margin expansion, resource efficiency) New business model business case development, feasibility study and work with business leaders to evaluate and execute the new business model for success Partnering with commercial/marketing and business leader on key metrics and KPI Partnering with business leaders on design of incentive plans Partnering with business leaders and HR on sales/engineer productivity  Project implementation tracking and audit Provide insightful data analysis for business decision and drive a culture of disciplined facts-based and data-driven decision making  Working capital and capital expenditure funding allocation maximizationRisk Management/compliance• Aging items: AR, backlog (push-out, times)• Credibility evaluation• Bidding status/tracking• Rev Rec control and evaluation• Compliance management (trade compliance, tax etc.)• Dealers/channel inventory • Process ImprovementPeople management and team development Build, lead, motivate and develop a team to perform financial and business analysis Capability and team’s skillset re-evaluation to build a team for business growth needs Continue to enhance the finance business partnering capability SOP for each role to support various business. Raise the bar and performance while help the business manager to develop finance understanding.

Qualifications

Education: • Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting Experience: • Overall 15 years MNC working experience, with 10 years as managerial role with experience in commercial finance, operational finance and FP&A. Basic Qualifications Demonstrated partnering and communication skills with cross-functions Strong process mindset, together with concise and positive manner Strong sense of responsibility and the ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple priorities and perform job responsibilities accurately with minimal supervision Refined English and Chinese written and verbal communication skills, with ability to extract and explain the “story” from the data Be professional, open, honest, sharing, proactive and a good team player Requires history of proactive problem solving, balanced leadership and pro-active business partnering with supported groups strong organization, attention to detail and a commitment to quality output  Must be able to work closely in a team environment, interacting with all levels of the organization and have the communication skills and poise to do so effectively Position requires organization, attention to detail and a commitment to quality output A self-aware, genuine and optimistic leader with proven ability to develop a diverse, high performance, results oriented team Passion for creating improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of FP&A processes and procedures, both individually and through inspiration of team members Good judgment and ability to make strong decisions independently, while keeping key stakeholders informed A change agent with proactive attitude even in facing of challenges and obstacles along the way

Preferred Qualifications Expert with SAP or Financial/ERP system like (AO, BPC, CRM, Salesforce, PBI) Strong finance modeling experience Finance degree/certification, preferably with CPA, CMA and/or MBA

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.