Business Unit Finance Director- East Coast

Job Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Location/Division Specific Information
The finance leader is a key member of the PASD (Patient and Advisory Services Division) financial leadership team. This role is remote based (East Coast preferred) and will require up to 25% travel.
Discover Impactful Work:
The Director is responsible for end-to-end financial leadership of our global Medical Communications and Patient Recruitment business units, driving consistent achievement of objectives in revenue growth, earnings, and cash flow.
This leader leads all aspects of annual and long-range planning while creating an analytical framework to identify and develop financial growth opportunities. In addition to end-to-end P&L management, the leader will be responsible for the PPD Digital and Decentralized Solutions department budget.
A Day in the Life:
Oversee all monthly, quarterly, and annual financial processes to include month-end close, reporting, planning/forecasting, and analytics
Identify and complete prioritization / trade-offs for business risks and mitigating opportunities to deliver on the business unit’s growth and earnings targets
Lead the annual and long-range planning
Participate in and drive process improvement, standardization, and productivity projects within finance
Ensure accountability of achieving ROI for major investments including all capital and strategic projects
Oversees initiatives to improve working capital
Direct global MedComm, Patient Recruitment, and Digital and Decentralized Solutions finance teams
Provides thought leadership to VP and acts as change agent to drive profitable growth
Ensures compliance with local GAAP, US GAAP, regulatory requirements, and corporate policies
Keys to Success:
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting is required
MBA or CPA is preferred
Experience:
A minimum of 12+ years of progressively responsible finance and business partnering experience, including managing global teams
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Excellent consultancy skills with ability to function as an effective and trusted partner to internal clients at all levels of the organization
Proven leadership and management skills
Broad and in-depth knowledge of accounting/financial principles and best practices with sophisticated analytical and quantitative skills
Expert business acumen with ability to understand complex organizational structures and environments
Advanced level of skill in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data
Proven skill to influence at all levels of the organization
Demonstrated ability to effectively delegate and balance work and deliver against competing demands
Working Environment
Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:
Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
This role requires independent travel up to 25%, inclusive of traveling in automobiles, airplanes, and trains.
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
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