Associate Director, Operations Finance (NC based)

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. 

With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

The Associate Director, Operations Finance is an office-based role in Raleigh, NC or Wilmington, NC. We offer a hybrid work schedule that includes work from home days.

This Associate Director, Operations Finance manages a team of 10+ finance analysts and managers within our Functional Service Provider (FSP) division of Global Finance. This team provides analysis and reporting on commercial contracts and financial support to our FSP teams. 

As the Associate Director, you will ensure project financials are accurately managed, as well as providing analysis and decision-making support to leadership to achieve business and financial objectives.

Day to day responsibilities:  

• Consults with team members and team leads on financial matters, potential risk assessment and opportunities to achieve goals of the company
• Approves contract and budget values used for revenue recognition and audit.
• Supports FSP business leaders on operational and financial issues with a focus on adhering to the MSA/project addendum terms and conditions.
• Provides ad hoc reporting, analysis, and special project results to senior management as requested.
• Leads the FSP client relationship and financial performance, with responsibility for contract negotiations, issue resolution, and delivery of reporting.
• Manages staff, which may include interview and selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations. 
• Approves courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations. Reviews and approves time records, expense reports, requests for leave, and overtime.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification 
• Previous finance experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8-10 years).
• 5 years of management responsibility
• Proven leadership skills
• In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to train, coach, and manage staff
• Strong business acumen with ability to understand sophisticated organizational structures and environments
• Experienced with client negotiation
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
• Advanced level Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data
• Ability to work with ambiguity and complexity
• Demonstrates executive presence and strong presentation skills
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent social skills
• Ability to multi-task and handle pressure

PPD values the health and well-being of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive.  Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours. 
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities. 
• May require as-needed travel (0-20%). 

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our US colleagues can count on, which generally includes: 

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan
• A wellness program, and valuable health incentive opportunities for company contributions to a Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Tax-advantaged savings and spending accounts and commuter benefits
• Employee assistance program 
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and volunteer time off in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan