Sr. Operations Finance Analyst

Thermo Fisher Scientific • OH

111d • $80,000 - $95,000

About The Position

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. 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 #95 on the 2021 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).
• Advanced knowledge of accounting/financial principles and best practices.
• Ability to apply advanced knowledge, skills, and expertise to analysis.
• Good business acumen with ability to understand complex organizational structures and environments.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
• Advanced level of skill in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and complexity.
• Demonstrated executive presence and good presentation skills.
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Professional accounting qualification – ACCA / CPA / CIMA or equivalent.
• Previous experience with SharePoint / VBA / SQL / Power BI / RPA (comparable to 2+ years).

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough final reconciliations of Central Lab budgets to ensure all financial records are complete and accurate.
• Prepare and maintain accurate accrual reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Perform detailed variance analysis of billing and revenue at both the project and portfolio levels. Identify and explain variances between actual and budgeted figures.
• Support internal and external partnerships by responding to ad-hoc requests related to Central Lab operations. This includes providing financial data, analysis, and reports as needed to support decision-making and partnership activities.
• Engage in special projects as assigned by management. Help develop and implement financial trackers, dashboards, and tools to enhance financial reporting, monitoring, and decision-making processes.
• Provide comprehensive financial support for assigned projects and Sponsors, including contract modification support, budget review, forecasting, ad-hoc financial analysis, and periodic reporting.

Benefits

• 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 (HSAs) or Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Tax-advantaged savings and spending accounts and commuter benefits.
• Employee assistance programs.
• 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.
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees