Intern, Corporate Accounting - Waters Corporation

Overview

Waters Corporation is always looking to hire outstanding future talent for our company. The Finance Team is looking to hire a summer intern out of our Milford, Massachusetts. This internship is a phenomenal opportunity to gain real-world experience while working at the world's leading specialty measurement company. This internship will last approximately ten weeks and the program will commence in the spring/summer of 2025.

Waters is laser focused on:

Groundbreaking Life-Science Innovation: With our scientific expertise, we aim to solve problems that matter. We develop innovative analytical technologies to catalyze groundbreaking advancements in drug discovery, propel clinical development, and ensure the safety and quality of both small and large molecule therapies, including novel modalities such as Cell & Gene Therapy and mRNA.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Our people are paramount in enabling us to solve problems that matter. Waters is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that is representative of the societies we live in. Our approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is designed to shift attitudes, foster inclusive behaviors, and encourage increased representation of employees with diverse backgrounds.

Global Impact: With operations in over 35 countries and a global team of over 8,000, our work goes beyond the life sciences. We contribute to ensuring the safety of food and water, such as precise PFAS measurement, and advancing new materials and technology, including batteries for electric vehicles.

Responsibilities

Summer 2025 Finance Internship:Are you a driven undergraduate student eager to immerse yourself in the world of finance? Look no further! We are offering 9 Financial Analyst Summer Internship Positions, including 8 in Milford, MA, and one in New Castle, DE. Explore your potential in one of these exciting areas:

1. Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis2. Corporate Accounting3. Investor Relations and Corporate Treasury4. Waters Division Financial Planning & Analysis5. Clinical Diagnostics Finance Business Partnering6. Thermal Analysis Division Finance Business Partnering (New Castle, DE)7. North America Finance Operations & Business Partnering8. Supply Chain and Manufacturing Finance Business Partnering9. Finance Transformation

What You Can Achieve:During this 10-week internship, you'll:

• Gain Real-World Experience: Dive into the finance organization of a publicly traded company, working on tangible projects that matter.
• Learn from Finance Leaders: Be mentored by seasoned finance leaders, including our CFO, Controller, and Divisional Finance Heads.
• Explore Finance and Economics: Engage in structured opportunities to delve into key finance and economics topics.
• Build a Network: Connect with over 60 interns across various business functions, expanding your understanding of the rapidly evolving life sciences industry.
• Fast-Track Your Career: Receive priority consideration for our Finance Development Program, an accelerated career development program with international rotation opportunities.
• Excel in the Job Market: Equip yourself with valuable experience that will set you apart in today's competitive job market.

Qualifications

At Waters, we view the internship program as a mutually beneficial opportunity designed to equip students real world experience, while learning from industry leaders in their functional area of choice. Our goal is that an internship at Waters will enable you to build your network as an early career professional, fast tracking your future career prospects and setting you up for success in the job market. A few key attributes we are seeking in intern candidates include: 

Curiosity: Individuals across the organization are passionate about working with, and developing students who have a passion for their subject area and a knack for problem solving.  

Courage: We admire individuals who challenge the status quo, take on leadership roles, and embrace challenges outside their comfort zones.

Compassion: We expect our team members to embody empathy in their work, fostering ethical professionalism, collaboration, active listening, and a commitment to continuous learning and growth.

Responsibilities specific to this role:

• Preparing financial analyses and models to support leadership decisions.
• Assisting with ad-hoc analytical requests from finance and stakeholder teams.
• Applying your business acumen to evaluate complex data sets.
• Being an active member of project teams.
• Preparing and delivering presentations to senior leadership.
• Nurturing effective business partner relationships.

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Click here to learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) commitment where we have the highest score of 100% rating on the 2022 Corporate Index, CEI, the annual scorecard for LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

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.