Financial Accountant

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Job Description

Company Overview

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $44 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Whether our customers are advancing life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, or increasing laboratory productivity, we are here to support them. With over 120,000 colleagues worldwide, we deliver an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through our market-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

Position Summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific have an excellent opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join the Financial Accounting team in Paisley. This role sits within our expanding Global Business Services (GBS) Centre which offers great career development and opportunities. The successful candidate will be a key team member of the Finance Team reporting to Finance Manager in EMEA team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the financial accuracy of their entities, have excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to effectively manage and prioritise deliverables in a fast paced, often changing, environment. Experience of month end accounting process along with the ability to apply accounting principles, is essential for this role.

This highly desirable role liaises with senior leadership on a regular basis and provides exposure across the Thermo Fisher Scientific businesses that are supported by GBS.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for monthly closing activities including journal entries, accruals, reporting and analysis processes

• Ensure local tax requirements supported by site teams are completed on a timely basis

• Ensures compliance with US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, company policy and standard operating procedure; recommends changes to strengthen control environment

• Supports internal and external audit requirements

• Drives continuous improvement and uses systems to increase controls and efficiencies

• Identify and participate in PPIs and deployment and systems implementations

• Listens proactively and collaborates across functional lines

• Other ad-hoc duties

Who We Are Looking For

• A global accounting qualification (ICAS, ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA)

• Relevant experience in financial accounting

• Solid technical accounting knowledge with an understanding of US GAAP

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines.

• Proactive problem solver with a strong compliance and control mindset.

• High standards of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Proficient user of SAP ERP systems would be advantageous