Controller

Controller

Location: WMFTS Recruiting Locations

Benefits: Enhanced Carer/Paternity Leave, Additional Holiday, EAP and more

Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/

Group: https://www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com/

We're currently seeking a Controller to join us. You'll join a dynamic team of engineers, sales people, marketers, administrators, designers, assemblers, chemists, web developers, accountants, analysts, programmers and many more. Globally we are united by our shared values that drive our culture. We want to be an employer where you make our difference.

At Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions you face different challenges every single day. You are empowered to dream bigger and work smarter. You have time to live your life outside of your job.

We offer a full induction with training and ongoing support for all our systems and products. Along with this you'll gain access to SSE academy where you can upskill and develop at your own pace.

Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is an SSE PLC Group company (https://www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com/). SSE (London Stock Exchange - FTSE 50) is a manufacturer of engineered solutions, employing 8500 people across 130+ operating units globally. We offer a range of fluid handling solutions across the biotech and industrial markets.

This role will focus on:

Due to growth and an internal requirement to enhance our internal controls over financial reporting, we are recruiting for a Controller for our Wilmington, MA headquartered USA sales operating company, currently our largest sales operating company with an annual revenue of $175m+. The role will drive the day-to-day accounting and financial reporting processes. The candidate will be pivotal in delivering on-time reporting for the sales operating company.

In addition to managing and working closely with the accounting team, you will also have a crucial business partnering role with the wider Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc finance team. You will work global colleagues to support process efficiency improvements.

Demonstrating outstanding people skills, you will lead, mentor, coach, inspire and empower our talented people to continuously learn, develop and achieve their full potential.

What you'll be doing

• You will be working directly with the accounting team to generate on-time monthly reporting, as well as interim/annual statutory accounting packs, delivering reliable and accurate financial information.

• You will develop and implement best practice processes and principles, following internal governance guidelines, and provide inputs from your experience to aid the continual improvement of these processes.

• You will ensure compliance with Group internal controls through a documented system of robust accounting policies, procedures, and delegation of authority (including mitigation of any segregation of duty conflicts).

• You will contribute to risk mitigation through the vetting and approval of significant company contracts including large customer purchase orders, leases, and insurance renewals.

• You will ensure compliance with income tax and indirect taxes filings.

• You will serve as primary liaison with both internal and external auditors, driving performance improvements where appropriate.

• You will collaborate with our Human Resources department to ensure renumeration and benefits and retirement plan administration is performed timely and accurately.

• You will carry out the duties as the Treasurer for Watson Marlow, Inc..

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Relevant degree

• Accounting professional qualification

• Significant experience in a senior accounting role within a manufacturing and/or distribution business

• Experience within a multi-national public company

• High attention to detail, combined with the ability to see the big picture

• Ability to problem solve and simplify complex data into simple solutions/conclusions

• Experience of effectively and appropriately challenging business processes, outputs and standards to drive continual improvement

• Experience of working with accounting systems and competent with Microsoft 365 applications (knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP software would be beneficial but not essential)

• Good communication skills (written, verbal, presentations) to support collaboration and influence decision-making within the business

• Experience of managing and leading teams, and a track record of talent development

• A knowledge of IFRS

Closing date: 27/03/2024

As a growing and ambitious organisation with a presence in over 60 global locations and across multiple markets, we can offer you the working environment and support needed to be successful. We are committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

About Watson-Marlow

Every day, we help companies across the globe to be more efficient and sustainable. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) is the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. Comprising ten established brands, each with their area of expertise, but together offering our customers unrivalled solutions for their pumping and fluid transfer applications. Together with our colleagues across Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, we are proud to be a FTSE 50 company.