Corporate Card Program Analyst

Overview

The role of Financial Analyst – Travel & Expense is responsible for supporting the company's card, fleet and travel programs. This role involves managing corporate credit card operations, providing training and support for users, maintaining compliance with policies, and generating reports. The analyst will support the budgeting and payment functions of the group and will provide business case support for new projects and vendors.

This is a hybrid role onsite 3x a week in our Milford, MA office.

Responsibilities

Global Card Program Management

• Analyze delinquency data using a variety of sources. Resulting analysis is to be used to effectively manage the program and deliver meaningful and actionable metrics to leadership. Identifies ways to improve existing processes.
• Act as a direct point of contact for issue resolution, technical support, reporting needs, and escalations from all levels of the business. Confidence and professionalism to exhibit excellence in interactions with both executive and general employees as well as suppliers thereby building productive relationships with both internal and external partners.
• Manage and resolve employee corporate card delinquencies
• Subject matter expert in the area of corporate cards. Able to provide training and support to cardholders with the result of delivering a compliant program that provides employees with optimal card payment solution

Travel, Expense & Fleet Program Budgeting & Analysis

• Integral participant of the annual fleet budgeting process. Providing key analysis and projections to ensure the program can be delivered within agreed financial parameters while also working in Ariba to ensure ongoing billing is in line with projections and contracts are uploaded.
• Generate and deliver scheduled and ad hoc reports related to the Corporate Card program and Expense Management System data.
• Evaluates key identifiable factors to assist in the analysis of data, assisting in delivering meaningful metrics to leadership

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting (preferred), Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications such as CFA or CBA are a plus

Experience

• 4+ years’ experience in a relevant field, experience as a financial analyst preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Concur, Ariba, SAP, Commercial credit card portal reporting & Fleet management systems

Skills

• Analysis: Strong analytical skills, excellent customer service, proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel), and expense management systems (e.g., Concur).
• Subject Matter Expert: Expertise in the areas of corporate card programs and corporate fleet, familiarity with key vendors and approaches and able to bring an analysis based approach to both compliance & cost reduction initiatives
• Accounting: Knowledge and practical experience with basic accounting principles, ability to produce business case financial support documents, perform multiyear card reconciliations and support annual budgeting process for fleet
• Business Partnership: Ability to develop and maintain relationships globally within the company as well as with external business partners. Works closely with external groups to establish requirements and provide data and reporting to support
• Analysis: Ability to perform complex problem solving utilizing superior analytical and reconciliation skills
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills to address and resolve issues effectively.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Confidence to communicate effectively with senior management & ability to deliver high quality training in a group 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. 

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