Manager, Finance

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #92 on the 2022 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $40 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.

How you will make an impact:

The North American & Emerging Markets region is a Research and Safety business within the Customer Channels Group, which offers choice and convenience through a myriad of products and services serving numerous end markets. Primary office at Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Our Finance Reporting and Commercial FP&A function is responsible for providing oversight and support for our fast-paced, innovative and global sales teams. By leading activities such as strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, pricing and close exercises, while leveraging analytics, forecasting and reporting skills, you will help shape the commercial success of our business areas for senior leaders and the sales teams. You will develop a robust skill set as part of this fast-paced function by interacting with a broad number of internal business partners and building organizational capabilities to drive profitability & customer satisfaction. The work of this team is dynamic with high visibility and impact to our diverse customers, providing you with an exciting opportunity to gain valuable regional and global experiences and professional growth.

Seeking a Finance Manager to lead a team of 5 within the Commercial Finance team to support senior leaders in data organization and maintenance, financial reporting, and forecasting processes. This role would suit an individual with a real desire to develop and succeed within a fast-paced and innovative FP&A function!

What you will do:

• Lead on all elements of the commercial incentive forecast and processing. This includes building forecast models and designing effective processes and communication flows that scale with business growth
• Memorialize and enforce controls on all aspects of commercial data hygiene and field reporting
• Collaborate with business leaders to share insights and drive improved outcomes, partnering with functional teams as required
• Use visualization tools such as a PowerBI to undertake ad-hoc analysis to support management decision
• Utilize large financial datasets to build predictive models and lead on exploratory data analysis for sophisticated business / data and problem solving
• Embrace change and apply a continuous process improvement mindset: consider new ways to analyze business data and results
• Hire, lead, coach, strengthen and develop the team to enable professional and technical growth as well as talent retention

How you will get here:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance field

Experience: 8+ years of relevant working experience including prior people leadership exposure

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Prior experience within commercial FP&A
• Strong financial acuity, including familiarity with concepts of forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Data management experience and the ability to manage large sets of data and accurate reports
• Highly analytical and possess a strong business sense
• Organized multitasker: you prioritize your workload, in a fast-paced, high-growth environment,
• Strong team-building skills working with a diverse group of people, even if geographically dispersed
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to communicate analysis and recommendations in a concise informative manner
• Able to deliver high-quality effective presentations to communicate complex topics
• Excellent skills with MS Excel are required; Oracle, HFM/CMR, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) are preferred.
• Self-motivated, higher level of flexibility, and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done
• Continuous Improvement: Identify process and control gaps and champion improvement initiatives through Practical Process Improvement (PPI)
• Exhibit leadership, initiative, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4-I values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.

Travel requirements

• Less than 10% domestic/international travel required

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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