The Senior Manager will lead FP&A activities for the Clinical Trials Division, managing reviews, collaborating on financial strategies, and mentoring analysts.
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $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, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing efficiency in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
How You Will Make an Impact:
The Clinical Trials Division (CTD) is a ~$2.5B business within the Pharma Services Group.
This FP&A Senior Manager will collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence financial goals and help drive the success of this Division. This role will lead a team of financial analysts and be responsible for mentoring additional FP&A colleagues within CTD throughout the month-end close and annual planning process.
What You Will Do:
- Manage the monthly & quarterly business review process, with the end goal to design, develop, and execute the division level report out.
- Collaborate closely with FP&A teams to understand variances to budget and forecast, providing insights into the financial impact of future transactions and decisions.
- Team up cross-functionally to develop financial strategies and optimize profitability
- Provide timely financial analysis and insights to support decision-making and drive business performance
- Understand and deploy the best methods to effectively communicate complex data and topics
- Partner with Functional leads (IT, Legal, HR, Finance, Quality) to manage their expenses and strategic decision-making
- Collaborate and guide the BU’s through the preparation and development of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
- Collaborate to ensure successful ERP implementation.
- Develop an impactful team of analysts.
- Provide leadership and manage daily operations.
How Will You Get Here:
Education
- An undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting
- Minimum of 7 years of Business and Finance experience
- Prior experience in a large global company and highly matrixed organization
- Proficient at understanding and proactively communicating the financial implications of business decisions and dynamics
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Demonstrated proficiency in Excel for sophisticated financial analysis, reporting, and modeling; prior exposure to PowerBI, Hyperion, and Cognos is preferred
- Proven business partner with ability to influence indirectly and partner with leadership
- Intellectual curiosity, versatility, & adaptability
- Strong desire to formulate and drive operational improvements and challenge the status quo
- Ability to learn quickly and succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic organization
- Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work
- Good understanding of business processes, operations, and financial controls
- Skilled in effectively communicating information to various levels of management and capable of confidently expressing independent viewpoints
Travel requirements
- Up to 5-10% domestic travel required
Top Skills
Cognos
Excel
Hyperion
Power BI
Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, Massachusetts, USA Office
168 Third Avenue, Waltham, MA, United States
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