OpEx Finance Analyst

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Job 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. Our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

Proteomic Sciences part of Thermo Fisher Scientific is a business unit withinLife Sciences Solutions Group which offers proteomics solutions serving the life sciences market.

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.

We are seeking an OpEx Finance Analyst in our Commercial Finance function the analyst will be a key member of the team responsible for providing oversight and support for our fast-paced innovative and global teams. By leading activities such as strategic planning budgeting forecasting and month end close exercises for Operating Expenses while leveraging analytics forecasting and reporting skills you will help shape the commercial success of our business areas for senior leaders and the commercial teams. The work of this team is dynamic with high-visibility and impact providing you an exciting opportunity to gain valuable regional and global experiences and professional growth. This role would suit an individual with a passion for data accuracy efficient and automated processes and reporting with an eye for details supporting financial control mechanisms.

Responsibilities:

• Support and lead elements of the commercial forecast process by building models for the operating expenses.

• Develop design and automate spreadsheets and manipulate data using data transformation and automation tools functions formulas and graphs as well as utilizing visualization tools such as PowerBI to undertake financials reveal trends and analyze variances.

• Act as Finance liaison and main point of contact for budget owners across Commercial Product Management and Marketing functions.

• Analyze and benchmark historical patterns whilst assessing risk / internal controls.

• Prepare and present ad-hoc analysis to support management decisions including variance analysis as well as in root cause data interpretation.

• Provide business partnering and support to senior leadership.

• Participate in projects and initiatives to drive improvements in execution.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Management Economics or related field desired

• 5 years of relevant working experience

• Prior experience within commercial finance FP&A or accounting

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Strong financial and analytical acuity including familiarity with concepts of accruals forecasting budgeting and variance analysis

• Excellent communication and presentation skills to communicate analysis and recommendations in concise informative manner to non-finance stakeholders

• Data management experience and the ability to manage large sets of data and accurate reports. Excellent skills with MS Excel is required; AI literacy and experience with data transformation and automation tools such as Power Queries are a plus

• Prior experience with SalesForce Oracle PowerBI HFM/CMR preferred

• Self-motivated with a high level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done

• Continuous Improvement: 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

• Proficient verbal and written communication skills in English