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Senior Financial Analyst, Finance Transformation

ThermoFisher Scientific • Carlsbad, CA • 5h ago

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are essential to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable 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 unique career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #101 on the 2024 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of over $42 billion, you'll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.

How you will make an impact:

The Senior Financial Analyst, Finance Transformation role will serve as a strategic finance partner to the Cost Accounting, Operations Finance, and Controllership teams by identifying opportunities to streamline processes, reduce manual work, improve data quality, and enhance decision support through AI, automation, and scalable analytics .

This role will primarily support LSG and BPG, but may also provide support to other Thermo Fisher Groups. This role will engage with Cost Accounting, Operations Finance, and Controllership at the group and division level to ensure a seamless execution of company, group, divisional and functional projects. This position will report to the Finance Director, Finance Projects.

What you will do:

Translate business needs into practical automation solutions across reporting, reconciliations, close support, variance analysis, and management reporting.

Identify, prioritize, and lead automation opportunities across Cost Accounting and Operations Finance to reduce manual effort and increase accuracy.

Evaluate existing workflows and redesign processes using AI-enabled tools, workflow automation, scripting, and business intelligence solutions.

Reduce dependence on spreadsheets and manual data manipulation by standardizing and automating data flows from ERP, manufacturing, and reporting systems.

Assess and implement opportunities to use AI / machine learning / generative AI tools to improve reporting efficiency, anomaly detection, root-cause analysis, and insight generation.

Create sustainable data models and reporting structures that improve consistency, governance, and auditability of finance outputs.

Perform data validation and controls testing to ensure automated processes maintain accuracy, completeness, and compliance. Troubleshoot and resolve issues during setup, testing, and go-live, and post go-live.

Collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g. Digital Finance, IT, COEs) to standardize processes, drive process improvements, and drive system enhancements.

Provide updates to senior management with focus on decisions, issues, and risks.

Lead project related change management including communication and training.

Support ad-hoc internal, group, and corporate requests as needed.

How you will get here:

Education Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, or Information Technology

5+ years relevant experience in finance

Demonstrates and drives the Thermo Fisher values - Integrity, Intensity, Involvement and Innovation

Track record of using tools such as Excel, Power Query, Power BI/Tableau, SQL, Python, Alteryx, Power Automate, or similar to automate workflows and improve financial reporting and analysis.

Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, E1 (JD Edwards), Dynamics, etc.

Cost Accounting and/or Operations Finance experience with knowledge of key accounting principles and financial reporting

Experience working in a global, matrixed environment preferred

Strong team building skills and ability to work with a diverse group of customers in a global-matrixed environment

Self-motivated; bias for action

Travel requirements

Less than 10% domestic/international travel required

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $103,100.00-$130,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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