Director, Finance, Single Use Division

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Job Description

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams play a critical role as an integral part of our business, ensuring that we are making the best allocation of financial resources, and sound business decisions. In doing so, we are able to most effectively drive our Mission and perform as an agile and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

Position Summary:

The Director, Finance will provide financial support the Single Use Technology Division (SUD). This position offers the right candidate an influential seat at the table of a growing and dynamic division and provides a substantial opportunity for career development and growth. Reporting to the Division VP of Finance this position will work closely with the SUD Leadership Team, Division President, BU GMs and Division Functional leaders. The role will have 4 direct reports.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead oversight, strategy, and execution for global SUD Division finance including FP&A, Finance data & systems, R&D finance, Division level multi-functional finance support and strategic leadership in key finance and business projects. Supports development and implementation of overall SUD Finance Strategy.
• Support the Division President, Division VP Finance and Division leadership team to set and deliver the annual, long range, and quarterly business plans and meet key operating & financial goals. Extended member of SUD Leadership Team.
• Strategic thought partner to the business with a focus on driving growth and value creation. Support business execution through active participation in key business strategy decisions. Identify complex financial and business risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Lead the core operating mechanisms, including the AOP, QBR/MBRs, and forecasts in collaboration with the leadership team, functional teams, and finance managers. Is a key partner to Division Strategy/ Marketing Leader and Division GMs for Annual STRAP process.
• Set strategic direction for systems/data transformation within SUD. Will oversee a Senior Manager and contractors as well as interact with BPG Analytics to improve ERP systems, analytics tools and dashboards to enable management reports critical for business insights and decision making.
• Manage financial analyst directly responsible for providing support to the R&D function. Set direction together with BU teams to drive revenue growth, exceed NPI objectives and establish a pipeline of robust initiatives with optimized spending.
• Develop improved operational and technical controls through centralized standard BU FP&A capabilities to drive consistency and efficiency.
• Partner with Division Functional leaders to drive both functional and business operational improvements and efficiency.
• Lead, hire, and develop division finance teams and partner with operating partners to develop enhanced skills and intuition for business.
• Set example for continuous operational improvement and drive efficiency across the business and functions.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail (emphasis on accuracy and timeliness) while being able to step back and analyze the overall business impact.
• Proven people and project management experience with successful results.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and lead by influence across a global organization.
• Outstanding leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Proven as an experienced, confident, and mature manager
• Track record of developing meaningful relationships at all levels within an organization – at both the business unit and divisional level and can operate effectively in a matrix reporting structure.
• Engaged leader who values frequent interactions and dialog with subordinates, peers, and the company's leadership team.
• Possess a strong set of personal and business values that coincide with those of our 4I values!
• Ability to thrive and lead in a complex business environment.
• Ability to professionally present results and financial analysis to the Leadership Team.
• Able to define, quantify, and link the metrics used to measure progress on pivotal initiatives.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Accounting. MBA preferred!
• 10+ years of experience in dynamic Finance roles including FP&A
• Solid understanding of Excel (i.e., financial models and analysis), PowerPoint, PowerBI, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), and Oracle ERPs. Experience in additional ERP systems, Intuitive, and MTM, are a plus.
• Travel, up to 20%.