Finance Manager FP&A

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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:

MSD (Materials & Structural Analysis Division) is Thermo Fisher’s business focused on advanced instruments for imaging and analyzing materials at micro- to atomic-scale (e.g., electron microscopy and spectroscopy). As part of the Analytical Instruments Group, MSD serves academic, semiconductor, and industrial customers to accelerate innovation and improve product performance.

Seeking a Finance manager who will provide finance and business partnering leadership to the site MSD team. This role will be the business partner for the MSD VP/GM / Site / Ops Leaders. This role will own the financial planning and analytics. In addition, the position holder will provide valuable decision support, identify and implement operational improvement opportunities and develop an outstanding finance team!

What you will do:

• Lead AOP / QBR / STRAP/ MBR, in a matrixed financial forecast

• Monitor and analyze financials, including leading monthly and quarterly reporting (revenue, gross margin, OPEX, KPI's, CAPEX, FX)

• Lead data analysis for the business, using complex data and problem solving

• Analyze financial and business performance against key business metrics and identify pertinent financial highlights, enabling understanding of progress against strategic business plans

• Understands and deploys the best tools / methods to effectively communicate complex data and topics

• Develops high quality effective presentations (i.e. engaging, motivating, concise, well-prep)

• Identify, communicate, and lead risk & opportunities


How you will get here:

Requirements

• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in finance, with demonstrated expertise in financial planning & analysis, reporting and business partnering

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• An ideal candidate will possess excellent academic credentials and strong finance skills

• Proven understanding of Excel (i.e., financial models and analysis), QAD ERP (or equivalent), PowerPoint, and Hyperion is preferred

• Proficient verbal and written communication skills

• Proven business partner and influencer