Senior Accountant
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Job Location:
Saint Louis, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
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. Ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $40 billion youll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.
Location/Division Specific Information
St. Louis/US Biologics
How you will make an impact:
Tasked with delivering financial transaction reporting and analysis support to the US Biologics business particularly focusing on the St. Louis site operations. The US Biologics business is poised for quick and significant growth over the next 5 years. The candidate will be part of an evolving finance and accounting team that seeks to be recognized as valued business partners. This position will have exposure to many levels of the organization offering the successful candidate many chances to truly influence the direction of the business and advance ones career.
What you will do:
- Manage month end close for areas of responsibility including but not limited to journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations. Review monthly results for reasonableness.
- Manage monthly payroll intercompany and lease accounting activities and journal entries acting as the St. Louis Operations subject matter expert
- Prepare monthly balance sheet roll forward analysis and other corporate required financial reporting.
- Prepare cost center detail reporting to support all of St. Louis operations. Serve as subject matter expert and key finance point of contact for the following functional areas: Manufacturing Science & Technology Environmental Health & Safety Facilities & Engineering and IT.
- Coordinate monthly CAPEX spend reporting and forecasting for St. Louis and Princeton facilities. Complete project closure and place assets in service. Act as partner to business functions that are delivering capital projects.
- Assist with preparation of management level reporting
- Assist with tax reporting and other various compliance reporting
- Facilitate resolution of accounts payable disputes between vendors site management and 3rd Party accounts payable service provider.
- Assist in the preparation of the annual operating plan and monthly forecasts
- Support internal and external audit activities
- Other projects and duties as assigned
Brief Description 2-3 sentences
How you will get here:
Education
- Bachelors Degree in accounting and/or finance.
- MBA and/or CPA a plus
Experience
- Strong track record in accounting reporting and/or financial analysis
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience related to fixed asset and property accounting is helpful
- Experience with corporate tax reporting requirements is helpful
- Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus
- SAP and Hyperion experience is a plus
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Ability to react calmly to pressure and changing priorities
- Desire to advance ones career beyond current role
- Strong desktop application experience in Microsoft Excel PowerPoint and Word
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to coordinate and prioritize results
- Established reputation for engaging with professional discretion and safeguarding confidential information
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accounting Software
- Account Analysis
- GAAP
- Journal Entries
- QuickBooks
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Account Reconciliation
- SOX
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- NetSuite
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