Platform Accounting Manager

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What we do:

For 150 years, Watts has built best-in‑class products that are trusted by customers in residential and commercial settings across the world. We are at the forefront of innovation, working with cutting‑edge technology to provide smart and connected, sustainable water solutions for the future. Watts is a leading brand with a quality reputation — and we have a dynamic future ahead.

Watts Applied Solutions (WAS) is seeking a Platform Accounting Manager to lead core accounting, close, controls, and financial reporting processes across the WAS platform. This role partners closely with platform finance leadership, site finance teams, operations, corporate accounting, internal audit, and shared services to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial results across a multi‑site manufacturing environment. The Platform Accounting Manager will provide hands‑on leadership for month‑end close, balance sheet integrity, inventory and standard cost accounting, project accounting, internal controls, and process standardization.

The role is expected to strengthen accounting discipline while supporting operational decision‑making and continuous improvement across WAS businesses.

• Coordinate the monthly, quarterly, and year‑end close process across WAS platform entities and sites, ensuring deadlines, account ownership, and review requirements are met.
• Own the accuracy and completeness of key accounting areas, including inventory, standard costing, warranty accruals, revenue‑related reserves, project accounting, fixed assets, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, account analyses, and close deliverables prepared by site accounting teams or shared services as needed.
• Drive balance sheet discipline through timely reconciliation review, aging follow‑up, reserve analysis, and remediation of reconciling items or accounting issues.
• Partner with plant controllers, operations leaders, and FP&A teams to explain accounting results, cost movements, inventory valuation, margin impacts, and unusual variances.
• Support standard cost processes, inventory accounting, cycle count controls, excess and obsolete reserve analysis, and manufacturing variance review across WAS sites.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, Watts accounting policies, SOX requirements, internal controls, and corporate reporting expectations.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors, including support for audit requests, SOX testing, control walkthroughs, and remediation of findings.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and lead standardization of accounting processes, close calendars, reconciliations, reporting packages, and control documentation across the platform.
• Provide accounting guidance for business initiatives such as new product lines, restructuring actions, make/buy decisions, contract reviews, warranty issues, acquisitions, and ERP/process changes.
• Develop, coach, and support accounting resources across the platform, building capability, accountability, and consistency in accounting execution.
• Prepare and present accounting updates, close status, control issues, and remediation plans to WAS finance leadership as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; CPA or CMA preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting or controllership experience, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, month‑end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and internal controls.
• Hands‑on experience with inventory accounting, standard costing, manufacturing variances, reserves, warranty accounting, and cost accounting concepts.
• Experience supporting multi‑site operations, public company reporting requirements, SOX controls, and internal or external…