Finance Contracts Manager

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

• Manages staff, which may include interviewing and selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations. Approves courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations. Reviews and approves time records, expense reports, requests for leave, and overtime.
• Manages FAR compliance on government funded contracts. Manages contract deliverables and deliverable tracking.
• Manages contract specific financial reporting and revenue forecasting.
• Oversees tracking of timeliness and quality of deliverables and provides necessary metrics reporting.
• Contributes to proposal budget planning and justification.
• Identifies and resolves issues related to contract modifications, contract values and contract deliverables.
• Ensures audit-readiness and provides documentation for A-133, DCAA, NIH and DOD annual audits.
• Participates in the development and/or implementation of process improvements.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.

EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years’ experience).
• 1+ year of leadership responsibility.
• In some cases an equivalency, consisting of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Government Audit, FAR and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations experience/knowledge required
• Firm knowledge of government contracting process (i.e. drafting, review, etc.), GAAP, financial conditions and government regulations/compliance
• Effective financial reporting skills with a firm understanding of budgeting and forecasting and the ability to interpret data with attention to detail and analytical and investigative skills
• Ability to use Lawson and other financial systems
• Strong organizational, judgment, analytical, decision-making and interpersonal skills to manage complex projects in parallel and manage rapidly changing priorities
• Skilled at contract negotiations, startup, implementation and close-out
• Effective computer skills, including the use of Microsoft (MS) Word and MS Excel

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

PPD values the health and well-being of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
• May require as-needed travel (0-20%).

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
• May require as-needed travel (0-20%)