Lab Equipment Operations Finance Leader

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are essential to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop unique career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #97 on the 2023 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $40 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Laboratory Equipment (LE) is a $1.3B+ business within the Laboratory Products Group (LPG) which offers a broad set of differentiated products and services primarily serving Biotech, Pharma, Healthcare, Diagnostic and Academic markets. LE is a global business with 3,600+ employees, 8 main manufacturing sites and numerous distribution hubs and service depots supported by a global finance team. The business has significant exposure to high growth markets and is focused on providing fit for purpose solutions to our customers.
Seeking a Finance leader who will provide finance and business partnering leadership to the global Lab Equipment operations leadership team. The individual will lead a team of 5 members (30+ employees in total), along with critical dotted line reporting structures to executive leadership. This position will play a critical role in our manufacturing operations strategy, supply chain, CAPEX, operational productivity, inventory, and overall supply/demand processes. This position will ensure strong financial and operational controls, compliance, and timely and accurate financial reporting, consistent with US GAAP and local reporting requirements.

EDUCATION

An undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting is required
An MBA or CPA is strongly desired.

EXPERIENCE

• The candidate should have a minimum of 10+ years of growing in responsibility business and leadership experience.
• Manufacturing background with in-depth knowledge of GAAP, cost accounting, and financial reporting for a manufacturing organization.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed environment preferred.
• Experience in the Life Sciences industry is desired.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Ability to influence and engage business partners, peers, direct/indirect reports; Have ability to effectively collaborate with leadership.
• Ability to lead the team with effective utilization of financial systems.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
• Leader in resourcing talent and diversity, involved in all parts of the hiring and development process.
• Travel requirement approximately 25% domestic/international travel required depending on location.
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• Partners with business leadership in driving performance to meet short- and long-term objectives relating to manufacturing operations strategy, supply chain, inventory and operations productivity.
• Lead all aspects of the operational AOP and STRAP (Strategic Planning) development, monthly actuals and forecasting which is comprised of revenue, manufacturing, distribution & logistics, supply chain, sourcing, inventory, E&O and SG&A / other period costs activities.
• Develops and applies proactive, early indicator reporting metrics to communicate financial risk or opportunities in a timely manner to senior management.
• Ownership of capital investment and appropriation process which includes development of capital requests and alignment with LE Leadership to achieve financial commitments.
• Builds an environment and expectation of strong internal controls and adherence to company policies.
• Empowers team to drive continuous improvement every day
• Other ad-hoc duties as required and/or assigned.
  How you will get here: