Finance Analyst II

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important 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 outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

How you will make an impact:

Seeking an Analyst who will be an integral part of SEA finance team to support the delivery of our near and long-term financial objectives. The scope of responsibilities includes all FP&A planning, analysis & reporting to execute financial goals and initiatives to support a growing organization.

1)     Support SEA financial reporting and analysis

• Manage operational cadences to ensure key deliverables and timelines for business reviews / submissions are met.

• Build and maintain templates to facilitate efficient and effective planning, reconciliation and reviews around revenue, bookings and opex

• Participate in strategic plan ("STRAP"), annual operating plan ("AOP) and monthly / quarterly forecasting, business reviews and reporting process.

• Calculate, initiate and work cross-functionally to support monthly Sales Commission accrual and quarterly payout for the commercial team.

• Leverage financial reporting systems to extract data or build dashboards

• Proactively identify areas of process improvements and / or cost savings

(2) Business partner with commercial team to drive growth and deliver on commitments

• Understand the business, track and analyze monthly forecasts vs actuals for headcount, operating expenses, backlog, bookings and revenue by business units or product lines

• Provide financial insights to commercial team to support STRAP, MBR and AOP cycles

• Analyze funnels in Salesforce.com (SFDC) to support forecast roll-ups, assess opportunity pipeline, review win-loss ratios and drive funnel health with commercial leader.

• Communicate key risks and opportunities, identify corrective actions and partner with commercial business partners and functional leaders to meet/exceed growth targets.

• Manage pricing analysis, identify drivers for price erosion and actions to improve on price realization

(3) Strong ability to work across matrix structure

• Possess strong interpersonal skills, with ability to work in and influence a complex matrix structure across divisions, functions and countries.

• Uphold compliance and keep commercial teams aware / in line with company and accounting guidelines, especially in relation to deal structure and transactions with customers.

• Participate actively and be the voice of Finance, supporting commercial Sales and collaborating across functions to drive business results.

How you will get here:

Requirements

• Advanced Degree with no prior experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 3-5 years of financial planning & analysis experience in a large global company and highly matrixed organization

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities with advanced excel skills and applied knowledge with Powerquery

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in a concise and effective manner

• Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work. Ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines and multi-task in deadline driven environment. Self-motivated and a keen learner with an inquisitive mind.

• Applied knowledge of various ERP, reporting systems (e.g. Hyperion planning, SAP etc) and business tools (SFDC, PowerBI) would be an advantage