Finance Manager
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Job Location:
Plainville, CT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific youll 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 colleagues with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research development and delivery of life-changing therapies. This position will be an integral part of Thermo Fisher Scientifics Viral Vector Services finance team supporting the delivery of our near and long-term financial objectives within the Drug Substance Division.
Location/Division Specific Information
- Primary office location is in Plainville MA.
Discover Impactful Work:
The Finance Manager performs complex financial analyses and creates accurate concise and timely reports and tools to support leadership in the decision-making process.
A Day in the Life:
- Develop standardize and improve regular analyses and reports to share business and financial insights for the Viral Vector Services (VVS) business via ERP systems dashboards and other business intelligence tools.
- Collaborate with the Supply Chain and operations teams to support in a multitude of areas such as inventory management spend analysis customer reconciliations and other ad-hoc requests.
- Lead in the review and calculation of cost savings initiatives developed by various functional teams (Facilities Manufacturing Engineering) and assist in the tracking of inventory related flux and spend.
- Support in month-end and quarter-end activities to analyze transactional and operational data identify anomalies and prepare journal entries to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Independently investigate data issues and/or information given ask pertinent questions and identify root causes and collaborate with functional business partners.
- Collaborate with business partners to generate key assumptions and drivers for decision support independently conduct ad hoc data analysis to identify business insights and observations.
- Support in the development and refinement of the annual operating plan (AOP) and other short and long-term financial packages for the Plainville site and the VVS Business Unit.
Keys to Success
Education
- Bachelors degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification with an emphasis in Business Finance or Accounting is desired
Experience
- 5 years experience of business accounting and/or finance experience required.
- Prior experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
- Prior experience within a global business and a matrixed organization preferred.
- Prior experience explaining financial data to a non-financial audience preferred.
- Prior experience with continuous improvement systems a plus (PPI/Lean/Six Sigma)
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Strong financial skills and the ability to communicate financials adroitly
- Professional proficiency in English language both spoken and written. understand of
- Knowledgeable in SAP HFM/Hyperion and Microsoft Office (Word Excel PowerPoint PowerBI) are strongly preferred
- Prior experience working with SQL and/or Python are a plus but not required
- Capable of making sharp logical conclusions spotting trends clarifying variances and implementing operational improvements.
- Self-motivated and entrepreneurial problem solver with excellent financial savvy and drive
- Partner effectively with a globally diverse set of collaborators
- Continuous improvement mentality and focus with an ability to track productivity projects across the site through a financial lens.
Physical Requirements / Work Environment
Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and well-being of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:
- Able to communicate receive and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
- Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
- Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
- Able to prioritize and lead multiple simultaneous projects or activities.
- May require as-needed travel (0-10%)
The salary will be commensurate with experience/qualifications. This position will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. Actual compensation will be confirmed in writing at the time of offer.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Cognos
- Forecasting
- Hyperion
- Dealership Experience
- QuickBooks
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Budgeting
- Financial Management
- Financial Planning
About Company
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