Digital Platforms & Engineering Finance (DPE)

Position: Financial Analyst III

Hiring Manager: Sr Manager, Finance

Location: Hybrid Waltham, MA; Carlsbad, CA; or Pittsburgh, PA

How you’ll make an impact!

This individual will work with their direct leadership to drive Thermo Fisher Scientific’s planning and analytics and labor charge back process across our DPE and IT Shared Services teams. The ideal candidate has a consistent track record as an experienced high potential talent demonstrating drive, ambition, financial and analytical acuity, and emotional intelligence.

This position will partner with the Finance leadership team and business by bringing strong capabilities in forecasting and analysis, trend identification, and insight generation to support impactful reporting, along with effective process management. They will link to finance colleagues across Global IT Finance to ensure alignment financially and around core results for Corporate FP&A.

1. Providing financial planning and analysis support to the Digital Engineering and the Global IT Shared Service organizations around monthly/quarterly reporting, and planning/forecasting mechanisms.

2. Developing the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and monthly forecasts; conducting variance analysis; preparing AR financials and other ad hoc analysis related to labor.

3. Completing key month-end close processes and post-close reporting for operating expenses.

4. Run labor chargeback process for all of IT shared services.

5. Delivering operational improvements to drive efficiency and customer ease of use.

What will you do!

• Partnership: Ability to build organizational relationships with customers, peers and operating partners.
• Thought Leadership: Ability to independently make logical assumptions, identify trends, and effectively utilize data to evaluate business performance.
• Financial Domain: Proficiency in the following areas: financial analysis and reporting, forecasting, process controls, and accounting knowledge specifically related to capitalization of software development activities.
• Process Acuity: Strong skills with MS Excel (management and synthesis of large data sets) and MS PowerPoint (compelling storytelling), along with Oracle, HFM, and COGNOS (financial system proficiency).
• Adaptability: Ability to work cross-functionally with individuals and teams from different areas and drive continuous operational improvement in daily activities.

How will you get here?

• High Potential Talent: A strong Financial Analyst with a proven track record as a top talent demonstrating consistent performance, drive, flexibility and financial acuity.
• Leadership: Able to execute key financial processes and provide positive relationship with finance colleagues and business leaders to succeed against goals
• Balance: Effectively balance/flex between performing day-to-day finance responsibilities, while partnering on the operational aspects of business processes to execute on key priorities of the finance team.
• Results-Oriented: Able to exceed goals, implement consistently, and deliver outstanding results; shown ability to lead multiple projects and/or results simultaneously and partner with across teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Subject Matter Authority: Be a go-to person for areas of ownership.
• Data-Focused: Acquire and analyze data and use it to drive your forecasting and identification of risks and opportunities of financial results vs plan.
• Passion: Demonstrate a passion for the customer experience, culture, mission, and vision, and how digital can be used to improve operations. Dedication to continuous learning, career progression and development, and seeking stretch opportunities.
• Innovative: Challenges the status quo of core processes and uses prior finance experience to drive innovative solutions and daily efficiency.
• Communication: Clear and concise written, verbal and social skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Finance or Accounting role.

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