DSD Senior FP&A manager

Finance ManagerWhen you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale Join 80,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You'll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment, making our food safe, and helping find cures for cancer.How will you make an impact? As a finance manager, you will have exposure to the leadership team of the Drug Substance Division (DSD within Pharma Services Group) and business divisions. This role involves providing robust business partnership support for the distributed team. This finance role plays a part in aligning the team goals with division leadership expectations. This role will ensure strong financial controls, compliance, and timely and accurate financial reporting, consistent with USGAAP and local reporting requirements. In addition, the position holder will provide valuable decision support, identify and implement operational improvement opportunities and develop a strong finance team.Key Responsibilities:FP&A leadership of a $1.65B division.Lead all weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial processes to include month-end close, reporting, planning/forecasting and analytics activities.Identify, monitor, and articulate key operating metrics, and synthesize messaging the business performance in the division.Coordinate every aspect of the annual operating plan process (AOP), engage in Monthly/Quarterly Business Review (MBR/QBR) processes, and contribute to the yearly strategic planning process (STRAP) to create a thorough financial forecast that aligns with company goals and market trends.Communicate results to the broader organization and ensure alignment of key financial goals.Develop and lead analytical methods for exploratory and explanatory business insights.Lead financial modeling for key investment and STRAP objectives.Accelerate decision making via development and applying visualization tools.Develop operational metrics / contingencies.Recommend financial risk mgt strategies / perform market impact analysis, articulate and demonstrate knowledge of key profit drivers for the business, understand drivers and market forces and impact on future business prospects.Business partner to VP Strategy, VP HR and Sr. Director Procurement, IT, PPI, Quality team.Develop a "best in class" finance staff and function. Lead a team of 2 individuals.Liaise with Group FP&A and Systems teams to drive reporting integrity, accuracy, and process efficiency.Oversight, implementation and organizational change of appropriate systems, control/process standards, and drive continuous improvement.Champion other ad-hoc projects and initiatives, as assigned or as self-identified areas for improvement.Qualifications:A degree in Finance or Accounting, preferably an MBA, CPA or CMA certification.Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail; ability to step back, analyze the overall business impact and synthesize the messaging.Experience leading diverse global financial consolidations in an accurate and timely manner.Strong leadership skills and consistent track record to adapt leadership style to different situations and people.Demonstrated the history of excelling in a large global company and highly matrixed environment. The ability to handle ambiguity is a must.Proficient at understanding and proactively communicating the financial implications of business decisions and dynamics.Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills, able to manage priorities and workflow.Must have outstanding attention to detail and strong process rigor.Self-motivated; bias for action.10% travel requirement.Benefits:We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee benefitsThermo 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.EEO/Reasonable Accommodation:Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.