Sr Manager, Finance, BSL North America

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Location/Division Specific Information

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance professional to join our team! As the Senior Finance Manager – BSL North America, you will hold responsibility for BioServices Specialty Logistics’ (BSL) North American financial portfolio. You will report to the BSL Director of Finance and work closely with BSL leadership to drive strategy and financial performance.

How will you make an impact?

You will be an integral part of the operations leadership team, partnering with supply chain, sourcing, site operations, and operational improvement leaders to drive critical metrics.

Financial Analysis & Reporting:

• Lead all aspects of cost of sales and inventory management processes. Establish efficient and effective processes and measure what matters in a way that provides appropriate real-time insights
• Drive standardization and clear financial reporting to key site level and business level metrics (i.e. site/product line P&L, direct material usage, productivity savings, overhead, labor management)
• Transform current reporting process into a reporting platform that is seen as the best in the division, applying PowerBI and Hyperion planning to provide enhanced financial visibility and business partnership
• Develop robust process and scorecards to provide understand to key savings targets, restructuring costs, investments and overall financial performance on execution of all Operations initiatives
• Clearly articulate financial and operational results to senior leadership
  
  

Planning and Forecasting:

• Own development of annual budget and periodic forecast requirements for scoped entities.
• Identify business risks and mitigating opportunities during the quarter to enable the delivery of financial targets in the annual operating plan
• Improve forecast processes to ensure that financial commitments are met
• Drive effective prioritization and value achievement on investments required to deliver on critical operations strategies
  
  

Business Partnership & Leadership:

• Exhibit role model leadership and intensely focus on employee development
• Apply a continuous improvement approach that allows the team adopt outside/in thinking that advances the organization’s agenda
• Lead critical initiatives across multiple functions and locations to improve operations profitability and achieve/outperform AOP goals
• Provide strategic financial partnership and direction to the operations team, optimizing profit margins for all sites including footprint optimization, complexity reduction, sourcing, productivity, overhead cost management, inventory risk management, and capital optimization.
  
  

Accounting & Controls:

• Create robust cost controls, reporting, and accountability in the organization
• Lead internal and external audit and work with management to develop remediation plans as vital
• Applies Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and corporate accounting policy and seeks guidance from Director, Finance BSL in anomalous situations
• Enhance quarterly balance sheet reviews and partner on other critical projects through continued engagement between BSL finance teams
  
  

How you will get here:

• Accounting/Finance Degree required
• MBA or CMA/CPA preferred
• 7 years of dynamic relevant work experience within a global organization
• Great knowledge of US GAAP
  
  

Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

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