Manager, FP&A

Finance Manager

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.

How you will make an impact: Clinical Development Services Division is a business within Clinical Research Group, which supports clinical trials globally serving biotech and biopharma markets. Primary office at Wilmington, NC, USA. Our FP&A function is responsible for providing oversight and support for our fast-paced, innovative and global finance 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 an exciting opportunity to gain valuable regional and global experiences and professional growth.

Seeking a Finance Manager to be a key member of the Operations Finance team to support senior leaders in data analytics, financial reporting and forecasting processes to help craft the success of the business. This role would suit an individual with a passion for data analytics and a real desire to develop and succeed within a fast paced, innovative global FP&A function!

What you will do:

• Lead closing activities and guarantee accurate reporting in the monthly closing process
• Perform analysis of consolidated financial views, build key summary reports for senior management team
• Enhance financial reporting knowledge across the Site
• Reviewing monthly revenue, spending details and HC and identify the key factors driving variances to AOP and Forecast
• Support preparing annual operating plan and monthly and quarterly business reviews (MBR/QBR)
• Perform special projects and ad-hoc financial analysis
• Drive continuous improvement and standardization of reporting and analytical processes to drive productivity and efficiency
• Provide support to the CAPEX process (return of the investment)
• Lead SOX/Statutory Audits

How you will get here: Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree plus 6 years of experience in financial planning & analysis or related field
• Prior experience within FP&A or Controlling
• Strong analytical and data gathering skills. Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and tight time demands
• Excellent skills with MS Excel are required; Oracle, HFM/CMR, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) are preferred
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong team building skills and the shown ability to work with a diverse group of people even if geographically dispersed
• Self-motivated, higher level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done
• Continuous Improvement approach: 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