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Cost Accounting Manager

Waters Corporation
Milford, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/21/2026
Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Cost Accounting Manager who will be responsible for the development, management, analysis and reporting of standard costing in SAP for Waters on a global basis.

Responsibilities

  • Work with procurement, planning, and manufacturing operations departments on the development, implementation and ongoing analysis of proper SAP material master data, product costing module configurations, BOM’s and routings
  • Manage the annual cost roll process and a ctively collaborate with stakeholders in cross-functional departments to drive expected results and maintain compliance with internal controls
  • Work with consultants toward an improved, scalable product costing model in SAP ECC bridged to S4 that enables rapid integration of plants and new product groups
  • Manage and participate in the testing associated with material and costing data for implementation projects and corporate acquisitions
  • Provide support for year-end costing activities - release of standard costs, transfer pricing updates, and inventory revaluation
  • Serve as subject-matter-expert on various cross-functional project teams across the business to translate how business process changes could impact the P&L and inventory valuation
  • Assess current costing processes and help to define and enforce internal controls and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Responsible for managing the roles and development of two team members, and for providing guidance to other Waters employees involved in costing

Qualifications

  • BS in Accounting or Finance
  • 7 years of experience in Cost Accounting, preferably within a publicly traded manufacturing company
  • Experience analyzing production-related credits and variances, including Absorption, Material Burden, PPV, and Production Variance
  • Strong hands-on SAP functional configuration experience
  • Management experience a plus
  • Requires strong communication and interpersonal skills to constructively interact with a variety of business partners and ERP counterparties
  • Must be able to work effectively in a team environment
  • Advanced Excel, data analysis, SAP ECC/S4 Hana, Analysis for Office, Power BI experience strongly preferred

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600 passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science .

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.

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