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Job Profile Title: FP&A II
Direct Report To: Ken Dyu
Group/ Division: LSG/GSD
Career Band: 5
Career Track: Management
Position Location: Warrington, UK
Number of Direct Reports: None
As part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll exciting work, and join a team that values performance, quality, and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world.
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, tackle sophisticated scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
FP&A II will be a catalyst to the Global Operations FP&A team, supporting both Division level and Business level initiatives to help drive growth and delivery of our near and long-term financial objectives! This position offers the right candidate an opportunity to support a growing and dynamic Division and provides a significant opportunity for career development and growth. The position has overall responsibility for the analysis of financial reports, performance trends and opportunities, support of the annual operating plan and will work closely with accounting.
Responsibilities:
The main responsibility will be the financial planning, analysis, reporting and forecasting to achieve financial objectives for the manufacturing sites. Position also is responsible for site cost accounting activity. Specific activities include:
- Drives solid understanding of cost structure/drivers and partners with the ops leadership team to drive productivity by seeking opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency gains and improve performance of site.
- Supports and handles monthly/quarterly analytics, reporting & forecasting, facilitates robust and clear analytical processes, and communicates risks and opportunities timely along with appropriate steps for corrective action.
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial processes to include month-end close, reporting, planning/forecasting and analytics.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the business (Operating and Capital expenses, Headcount reporting).
- Participate in and drive operational improvement, standardisation and productivity projects within finance and across functions.
- Supports development of Annual Operating Plan, including Margin Move Analysis
- Supports financial modeling and analysis for key business initiatives (Practical Process Improvement (PPI) projects, capacity expansions (CARs), product transfers, site moves, etc).
- Perform special projects and ad-hoc financial analysis as required.
- Supports Accounting function with Annual Cost Roll, month end journals, review of entity P&L/Balance sheet, entity profitability and taxes matters, transfer pricing matters, internal/external audits and support accounting as required.
- Support other Dept functions with financial analysis/knowledge as required.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or BA in finance, accounting or business-related field required; MBA or CPA a plus.
- 1-3 years of business analysis experience in a matrix organization and/or corporate environment. Experience working in global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows is strongly
- Advanced MS Excel skills, SAP/Oracle/E1 (or major ERP) experience preferred.
- Experience with database or strong commitment to improvement multidimensional financial databases a plus, experience with Cognos/PLN data queries a plus.
- General Knowledge of GAAP and principles of cost accounting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills (both verbal and written), as well as the ability to apply influence and negotiation skills while working across multiple levels, functions and regions within the organization, are required to be successful in this position.
- Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work. Ability to meet deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize projects. Ability to learn quickly, establish credibility and influence others.
- Strong background of leading financial planning, reporting and analysis activities.
- Shown history of driving businesses to improve performance.
- Ability to develop high levels of creditability and forge solid and positive professional relationships with upper management and peers are prerequisites to success in this position.
- Self-motivated, ability to succeed in ambiguous environment.
This position has not been approved for Relocation Assistance.
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