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Finance Manager

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 colleagues with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

This position will be an integral part of Thermo Fisher Scientific's Viral Vector Services finance team, supporting the delivery of our near and long-term financial objectives within the Drug Substance Division.

Location/Division Specific Information:

• Primary office location is in Plainville, MA.

Discover Impactful Work:

• Develop, standardize, and improve regular analyses and reports to share business and financial insights for the Viral Vector Services (VVS) business via ERP systems, dashboards and other business intelligence tools.
• Collaborate with the Supply Chain and operations teams to support in a multitude of areas such as inventory management, spend analysis, customer reconciliations and other ad-hoc requests.
• Lead in the review and calculation of cost savings initiatives developed by various functional teams (Facilities, Manufacturing, Engineering) and assist in the tracking of inventory related flux and spend.
• Support in month-end and quarter-end activities to analyze transactional and operational data, identify anomalies, and prepare journal entries to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Independently investigate data issues and/or information given, ask pertinent questions and identify root causes, and collaborate with functional business partners.
• Collaborate with business partners to generate key assumptions and drivers for decision support, independently conduct ad hoc data analysis to identify business insights and observations.
• Support in the development and refinement of the annual operating plan (AOP), and other short and long-term financial packages for the Plainville site and the VVS Business Unit.

Keys to Success:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification with an emphasis in Business, Finance or Accounting is desired

Experience:

• 5+ years' experience of business, accounting, and/or finance experience required.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Prior experience within a global business and a matrixed organization preferred.
• Prior experience explaining financial data to a non-financial audience preferred.
• Prior experience with continuous improvement systems a plus (PPI/Lean/Six Sigma)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Strong financial skills and the ability to communicate financials adroitly
• Professional proficiency in English language, both spoken and written.
• Knowledgeable in SAP, HFM/Hyperion, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI) are strongly preferred
• Prior experience working with SQL and/or Python are a plus, but not required
• Capable of making sharp logical conclusions, spotting trends, clarifying variances, and implementing operational improvements.
• Self-motivated and entrepreneurial problem solver with excellent financial savvy and drive
• Partner effectively with a globally diverse set of collaborators
• Continuous improvement mentality and focus, with an ability to track productivity projects across the site through a financial lens.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment:

• 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.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to prioritize and lead multiple simultaneous projects or activities.
• May require as-needed travel (0-10%)

The salary will be commensurate with experience/qualifications. This position will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. Actual compensation will be confirmed in writing at the time of offer.