Financial Analyst

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of over $42 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The Life Sciences Solutions Segment has annual revenues of approximately $16 billion and serves the Pharma & Biotech, Diagnostic & Healthcare, Academic & Government, and Industrial & Applied end markets.
Seeking a Financial Analyst who will be an integral part of the Project Finance team to support the delivery of our near and long-term financial objectives. The scope of responsibilities includes partnering to implement strategic Operations Finance projects, supporting a Product Costing database, and performing Gross Inventory and E&O data validations.
The Financial Analyst will partner across teams to standardize and optimize processes. This position requires strong analytical and communication skills, questioning status quo and looking for opportunities for improvement. The Financial Analyst will be reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, Finance Projects Team.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• < 10% domestic/international travel required

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary with annual bonus
• Significant focus on employee development
• Work for a company that makes a difference! Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
• Work in a global, multi-cultural, and versatile team!
  At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000+ extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Apply today http://jobs.thermofisher.com.
  Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
  This job description does not describe all the duties, tasks and responsibilities which need to be performed in the Function. Any other job-related instructions, duties, tasks or responsibilities which are requested by the team leader or manager are required to follow.

• Partner with IT/BI/Finance teams to maintain the Product Costing database (Standard Margin and Price/Volume/Mix reporting).
• Build and maintain dashboards/visualizations to drive better understanding of product cost trends (per SKU and/or product families) and identify/monitor cost drivers and their use for financial reporting and inventory valuation
• Manage on-going data Inventory validation process (Data Warehouse to PBI to CMR): Reconcile site reported inventory vs. inventory reported in the data warehouse, identify areas of improvement, and partner across functions to resolve differences
• Provide updates to senior management with focus on decisions, issues, and risks
• Lead change management communications
• Benchmark and optimize Operations Finance processes across divisions
• Independently investigate data issues and/or information given, ask pertinent questions and identify root causes, collaborate with functional business partners and system support to improve data quality
• Proactively learn and adopt new systems and tools to improve analytics capability and accuracy