Senior Finance Manager

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are essential 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 unique career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #106 on the 2025 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of over $44 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 Senior Manager, Finance Projects role will lead and collaborate on Cost Accounting and Operations Finance projects within the global finance projects team. Initially, this leadership role will lead the Cost Accounting workstream to divest the Microbiology Division (MBD), with a focus on S/4 Hana ERP transformation. This role will collaborate with stakeholders in Finance, IT, Operations, and Product Data Management. Key project deliverables include enforcing global governance standards, ensuring standard costing excellence, driving best practice data governance standards across a complex, multi-plant matrixed environment, and enabling accurate OCOGS reporting. After project completion this role will lead and collaborate on LSG, BPG, SDG, and/or AIG projects, but may also provide support to other Thermo Fisher Groups. This role will engage with finance leadership at group and division levels to ensure seamless execution of company, group, divisional and functional projects. This position will report to the Director, Finance Projects.

What you will do: 

• Manage and develop a team of 2 direct reports to ensure we develop strategic partnerships as well as providing clear career paths for all team members 

• Support business migration and transition into core company ERPs (e.g. SAP S/4 Hana and E1), with specific emphasis on migration to the manufacturing module 

• Influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across global teams to ensure successful execution of transformation objectives

• Provide updates to senior management with focus on decisions, issues, and risks  

• Lead project related change management including communication and training.

• Identify and ensure that business requirements are met within a project  

• Perform data validation and controls testing to ensure automated processes maintain accuracy, completeness, and compliance. Troubleshoot and resolve issues during setup, testing, and go-live, and post go-live. 

• Challenge the status quo, proactively identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and automation, and/or collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g. IT, COEs) to standardize processes, drive process improvements, and drive system enhancements.  

• Assess and implement opportunities to use AI / machine learning / generative AI tools to improve reporting efficiency, anomaly detection, root-cause analysis, and insight generation. 

• Support ad-hoc internal, group, and corporate requests as needed.

How you will get here: 

Education Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business related field Experience

• 8+ years relevant experience in finance 

• Demonstrates and drives the Thermo Fisher values – Integrity, Intensity, Involvement and Innovation (The Four I’s) 

• Strong, hands-on expertise with SAP (ECC, S/4) costing modules. 

• Cost Accounting and/or Operations Finance experience with knowledge of key accounting principles and financial reporting 

• Experience working in a global, matrixed environment preferred

• Strong team building skills and ability to work with a diverse group of customers in a global-matrixed environment

• Proven track record in attracting, recruiting, developing and retaining high-potential talent

• Self-motivated; bias for action

Travel requirements 

• Less than 25% domestic/international travel required