Financial Analyst

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll 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.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related focus; CPA, CFA, or master’s degree preferred, but not required
• Experience: 4+ years experience in financial analysis or finance preferred
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills with a keen attention to detail
• Effectively communicate both written and verbally with all levels in the organization
• Ability to work with various systems and data sources and assimilate required information
• Comfortability with large amounts of data and identifying key trends, variances, and summarize with a high degree of accuracy
• Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint, experience with Power BI is a plus
  We offer competitive salary, an annual incentive bonus plan, and a range of other employee benefits

• Build and maintain accurate revenue and expense forecasts, using historical data and market trends
• Analyze financial data to identify key drivers and trends and provide insights to support strategic decision-making
• Conduct financial analysis to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning
• Prepare and assist in the completion of the annual budget plans, STRAP, and monthly/quarterly business reporting.
• Timely and accurate budget and forecast inputs aligned with corporate reporting requirements, including loading to HFM/CMR and PLN.
• Prepare financial models and scenarios to evaluate the financial impact of various business decisions
• Monitor and report on sales and other key performance indicators, highlighting areas of concern and opportunities for improvement
• Interpret data and clearly communicate business insights that are understandable to non-financial team members
• Perform financial statement analysis and variance analysis to identify and explain discrepancies
• Assist in month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting principles
• Drive continuous improvement and uses systems to increase controls and efficiencies
• Ensure effective data security and controls within ERP, financial systems, and data flows
• Occasional travel for sales meetings and trainings
  This position is located at our office in Portage, MI, which is the US headquarters.