FP&A Manager

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Job Description

Joining Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Finance Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) you will have a pivotal role in steering the sites financial strategy and operational success. Your duties will involve guiding the forecasting budgeting and long-range planning processes; delivering crucial insights to inform strategic decision-making within a diverse and matrixed structure. This position necessitates strong analytical abilities effective business partnerships and teamwork as well as strong interpersonal skills.

What You Will Do

• Own the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) Quarterly Business Review (QBR) Strategic Plan (STRAP) and Monthly Business Review (MBR) processes within a complex matrixed environment.
• Monitor analyze and report on important financial metrics including revenue gross margin operating expenses (OPEX) capital expenditures (CAPEX) and benchmarks.
• Drive comprehensive data analysis and modeling to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Evaluate financial and business performance against established metrics identifying key drivers trends and opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Effectively communicate complex financial data and insights using outstanding tools visualizations and storytelling techniques.
• Craft and deliver high-caliber presentations to the site leadership team guaranteeing understanding and synchronization on critical financial themes.
• Identify communicate and own the management of risks and opportunities across the business.

How You Will Get Here

Education

• Bachelors degree in Business Finance or Accounting or equivalent experience required.
• Advanced degree (MBA or CPA) preferred.

Experience

• 57 years of progressive experience in Finance or Business Analysis roles.
• Shown success leading and developing teams in a distributed or matrixed environment.
• Experience working in a large global organization with complex business structures.
• Shown capability in comprehending and conveying the financial consequences of business choices throughout various functions and levels.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong financial competence in forecasting financial modeling and performance analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel PowerPoint and enterprise systems such as ERP (e.g. SAP) and Hyperion (or equivalent financial consolidation tools).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence cross-functional collaborators.
• Strategic problem solver with attention to detail and a proactive solution-focused approach.
• Proven capacity to excel in a dynamic intricately structured worldwide setting.