Thermo Fisher Scientific Looking for Finance Manager at Durham, NC, United States Full Time

Job Description

Are you ready to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer? Join a collaborative team! The Finance Manager is a key contributor to the Pharmaceutical Services Group (PSG). This role will assist the Sr Finance Manager supporting the PSG leadership to provide financial planning, analysis, reporting support and forecasting support. This is a highly visible position that offers the right candidate an opportunity for career development and growth while supporting a growing and dynamic business to achieve its financial objectives. The successful candidate will strive to deliver enhanced visibility and proactive insights through reporting and ad hoc efforts while continuously improving methods of execution that drive conversations at the Group Leadership level.
Key Responsibilities
Some of the activities for this position are:

• Continuously assess and evaluate current reporting structure to improve processes, identify any blind spots, and create awareness of business challenges and opportunities
• Work closely with the Sr. Analyst and Analyst to ensure overall reporting alignment, ensuring appropriate messaging and delivery of Group FP&A results
• Suggests and implements new tools/methods to communicate the story, anticipating and executing on leaderships’ reporting needs
• Owns Corporate Leadership forecasting updates/process and Competitor Intelligence Reporting
• Coordinates monthly close process and execution strategy with the Sr. Financial Analyst to deliver a clear and concise path to successful execution
• Assists in process management and execution for AOP, STRAP, MBR/QBR
• Ad-hoc requests
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Communicates clearly and effectively with colleagues from different functions, regions, and background
• Strong business acuity and ability to clearly articulate the overall story from various data points and sources
• Build strong professional networks and influence without authority
• Ability to flex communications styles to speak and present business findings to a diverse group of team members, both verbally and in writing
• Demonstrates strong analytical, problem solving, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to multi-task and interface in a fast paced, dynamic environment throughout all levels of the organization
• Possesses initiative, passion, intellectual curiosity, and a questioning/positive approach
• Proven track record to continuously improve processes

Minimum Qualifications (must have):

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience as a financial leader within FP&A or a related field
• Degree in Finance, Accounting or other business-related fields; MBA preferred
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong skills in MS Excel
• Prior experience with Power BI and Hyperion/Essbase a plus but not required