Accountant III, PCS

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Production Chemicals and Services, part of the Biologicals and Chemicals Division, meets customers’ BioProduction needs through sourcing and supply chain services.
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer! We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Seeking a proficient finance team member who will provide finance, accounting, and compliance to the Production Chemicals and Services (PCS) business. The successful candidate will be part of the finance and accounting team of 5 members and implement accounting, controls, and compliance procedures to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. In addition, the position holder will provide technical accounting mentorship, identify and recommend operational and compliance related improvement opportunities, and support leadership in achieving of business objectives.

EDUCATION

• Required: An undergraduate degree in Business, Finance or Accounting
• Desired: CPA

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2-5 years of finance and accounting experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Working understanding of financial accounting standards and internal controls
• Proficient user of Excel; experience with Infor A+ ERP (or equivalent), PowerPoint, and Hyperion is desired
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills; including experience in writing SOP’s and presentation skills.
• Challenges the status quo; introduces and proactively seeks out new insights and solutions to strengthen our performance.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Less than 25% domestic/international travel required
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain five reasons to work with us. We are one team of 100,000+ colleagues. We share a standard set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement. Working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need—#StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives are valued.

• Perform monthly closing activities including journal entries, accruals, reporting and analysis
• Evaluates efficiency and effectiveness of accounting processes. Recommends and implements changes to policies and processes to strengthen control environment.
• Perform sophisticated accounting treatment and prepare financial documents and supplementary reporting
• Lead fulfillment of internal and external audit requirements
• Exercise sound data stewardship - following data policies (retention, privacy, security) and detailing procedures
• Drive continuous improvement and uses systems to increase controls and efficiencies
• Maintain systems access and security to ensure data integrity and identify anomalies
• Process intercompany netting payments and allocate any payments/receipts on a monthly basis.