Senior Analyst, Apac Expense Management

Overview:
To contribute business partnership, insights, analysis, and execution on expense management for the Asia Pacific Field Operations Division. The Senior Analyst APAC Expense Management will report to the FP&A Sr Manager, Asia Pacific. This position will partner closely with the finance and commercial operations organizations and is accountable for delivering strong expense management, capability uplift and financial control, through providing financial insights and advice to help achieve target outcomes; and build and maintain strong relationships with the stakeholders.

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for producing, reviewing, analysing and issuing periodic reports on expenses and provides business insights to management.
- Liaise with internal and external functions to promote understanding of business performance.
- Perform analysis on expenses and efficiency, including monthly cost driver (fixed/variable).
- Implement ongoing process improvements or simplification initiatives through transformation and digitisation to improve overall expense management.
- Owning the execution on approved discretionary spend, tracking and monitoring of activities with Country Finance Directors/Finance Business Partners.
- Supporting and reviewing forecast trends and raising independent and objective questions to improve forecast accuracy and for budget planning.
- Performing financial modelling improvements during forecast and budgeting processes to enhance process efficiency, supporting new initiatives and to accurately capture changing business economics and structure.
- Support in annual budgeting and monthly forecasting process focusing on expenses.
- Provide analytical support for ad hoc research and projects as identified by management.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline
- 3+ years of financial-related experience preferably with MNC
- Proficient in financial modelling, data analysis and good knowledge of Excel and financial software (e.g., PowerBI, SAP).
- Possesses strong business senses, solid financial skills in financial statement analysis and modelling, and the ability to mine and analyse data effectively.
- Self-drive, good logical thinking, and expression skills, and able to adapt well in fast changing environment

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._