Job Title: Senior Staff Accountant
Location: Concord, Ontario, Canada
Location Type: Hybrid
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.
Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.
Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Why Join Us
- Work on high-impact, technically complex solutions across global industries
- Be part of a collaborative, people-first culture with strong internal mobility
- Access career growth and development opportunities, including leadership pathways
- Contribute to a company committed to inclusion, innovation, and sustainability
Job Summary
We are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Staff Accountant to join our dynamic team.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Assistant Controller you will take the lead in financial analysis and general accounting reconciliations, assisting the Controller and FP&A Lead with month end close and forecasting. Using your extensive knowledge of accounting principles to ensure accurate financial statements and maintain compliance with all Internal and external control requirements.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Month End Close and General Ledger: You will assist the Controller to prepare and submit accurate and timely financial statements, applying your knowledge of IFRS reporting requirements to ensure appropriate general ledger entries and guiding more junior members of the team with queries.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts in line with internal controls, investigating and resolving variances when they arise.
- Costing: You will be responsible for reconciling inventory, costing analysis and assisting the Operations team with standard cost changes. You will also help guide the business to better cost control and ensuring inventory accuracy by working closely with the Operations team in their inventory planning.
- Internal Controls: You will own key areas of the G3 Internal Controls, ensuring timely submission of and adherence to all controls, and implementing best practice throughout the business to become a Watson-Marlow Group leader in controls. You will play a key part in Internal and External audits, assisting the Controller to ensure successful outcomes.
- Data Governance: Your keen attention to detail will help drive the team and wider company in strong data governance around customer and sales data to help ensure accurate financial transactions.
- Financial Analysis: You will assist the FP&A lead with analysis of overheads, headcount and capex to help prepare accurate forecasts.
- Continuous Improvement: Review, analyze and audit all current processes to continuously help the business streamline operations and enhance efficiency in the team.
Who You’ll Be Working With
- Finance Team: you will be a proven team player and build strong relationships with the wider finance team to ensure effective delivery of tasks.
- Operational Department: Build strong relationships with the wider business and help foster a good working culture within the organization.
- The Spirax Group: liaising with Financial Reporting, Internal Controls and Internal Audit to action requirements and understand changes to reporting and requirements.
- External Audit: Cultivate relationships to create effective communication during audit.
This is what you’ll need to be successful in this role
- Role includes long periods of sitting at a desk.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. CPA, CMA, MBA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
- Experience working for a publicly traded international company preferred.
- Proven background of working in an Accountant role and excellent knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and standards.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a hands-on approach.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
- Excellent computer skills, including Excel with large ERP experience (Microsoft AX is a plus).
At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:
- A competitive salary
- Flexible working arrangements
- A generous holiday allowance
- Three days’ paid volunteering leave
- Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
- Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
- Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more
Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion .
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.
