Sr. Director Finance - Americas -Analytical Sciences Division

Overview

The Senior Director Finance – Americas is a trusted business partner to the Vice President of Americas in enabling and delivering long-term sustainable growth for the company. This role is a key member of the Americas leadership team in deploying resources (i.e. human capital, financial and assets) to create maximum value for the company. This position plays a critical role in the development and implementation of financial, strategic and growth objectives aimed to provide long-term profitable growth for the region. This role manages a team of approximately 39 employees located across the US and LATAM and will report directly to the Vice President of Finance, based in Milford, MA.

Waters Americas Team manages $700 million in 2027 Revenue.

Responsibilities

Business Partnering & Commercial Finance Leadership

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Americas President and senior leadership, shaping commercial strategy and ensuring delivery of financial targets.
• Function as the lead finance partner to the commercial organization, with a strong focus on:
  • Pricing strategy and optimization
  • Margin expansion and profitability analytics
  • Sales performance, incentives, and channel effectiveness
• Translate data into actionable insights to drive revenue growth and improved decision-making across markets.
• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and long-range strategy aligned to regional growth ambitions.

Data, Analytics & Value Creation

• Build and embed advanced analytics capabilities to support pricing, customer segmentation, and commercial decision-making.
• Drive a “data-first” culture across the region, elevating the use of metrics and performance dashboards.
• Leverage systems (e.g., SAP) and digital tools to enhance forecasting accuracy, visibility, and speed of decision-making.
• Identify and execute initiatives to improve productivity, cost efficiency, and operating leverage.

Finance Operations, Governance & Controls

• Ensure full compliance with US GAAP, local statutory requirements, and internal policies.
• Act as fiduciary steward for the region, strengthening governance, controls, and risk management frameworks.
• Partner closely with corporate functions (treasury, tax, legal, compliance) to ensure alignment and operational effectiveness.

Management

• Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure to effectively accomplish the goals and objectives of the function.
• Create an environment for talent development with a focus on succession planning for key roles across the region.
• Build and lead a competent, agile team, providing coaching, guidance, and stretch challenges to maximize impact.
• Promote a culture that reflects the organization’s values, encourages high performance, and rewards productivity.
• Actively champion diversity and inclusion across the function.
• Provide operational governance and educate the employee base, as appropriate, on financial and risk management.

Qualifications

 

• Degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA and/or CMA or CPA certification preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant leadership responsibility within a US multinational environment.
• Proven experience supporting a $500M+ revenue business, ideally within a growth-oriented, multi-country region.
• Operates with integrity, transparency, and humility.
• Acts as a true company owner to advance the overall interests of Waters.
• Carries a broad global perspective on markets, technology, and trends.
• Balances clear strategic thinking with accountability in execution to deliver results.
• Actively creates the conditions for Waters’ people and teams to succeed.
• Ability to travel globally 20–30% of the time.
• Preferred location is Milford MA