Financial Analyst III [Remote]

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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.

DESCRIPTION

How you will make an impact:

Inventory Finance is a Shared Service function within Customer Channels Group, serving research and healthcare markets.

Seeking a Senior Analyst who will be an integral part of Inventory Finance team to support the delivery of our near and long-term financial objectives. The scope of responsibilities includes all FP&A planning, analysis & reporting to execute financial goals and initiatives to support a growing organization.

What you will do:

• Completing closing activities and helping ensure accurate reporting in the monthly closing process
• Analyze transactional / operational data, recommend accruals to ensure accurate reporting
• Review monthly transactional details and identify the key factors driving variances to AOP and Forecast
• Collaborate with business partners to correct transactional errors, improve processes, and understand and generate key assumptions affecting the financials
• Develop, standardize, and improve regular analyses and reports to share business and financial insights, and support monthly /quarterly /annual forecasting and budgeting process (i.e. support MBR, QBR, AOP, etc.)
• Develop process improvements through use of automation and AI technologies

REQUIREMENTS

How you will get here:

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business-related field plus 5 years of financial analysis experience, preferably in a large global company and highly matrixed organization

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proficient user of systems (i.e. Oracle, Power BI, Cognos, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in a concise and effective manner
• Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work. Ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines and multitask in deadline driven environment
• Good understanding of business processes and operations & financial controls, able to identify control weaknesses in existing process and recommend mitigation actions

Travel requirements

• 10% domestic/international travel required