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At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important 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 outstanding career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $40 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.

Group/Division Summary:

The Analytical Instruments Group (AIG) provides a broad mix of analytical instruments and services to a diverse range of global end-user markets across various industries. AIG’s global footprint with more than 17,000 colleagues, delivering product solutions to customers that allow for confident, on-the-spot decision-making.

Position Summary:

The Director, Finance, FP&A AIG is a key member of the AIG finance leadership team and will operate as the chief of staff and proxy for the Senior Director, Finance, AIG. This individual is accountable for the FP&A of the end-to-end financial leadership of ~$7.5B global group driving consistent achievement of objectives in revenue growth, earnings, and cash flow. In addition, this leader will drive annual and long-range planning process while creating an analytical framework to identify and develop financial growth opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all monthly, quarterly, and annual financial processes for planning/forecasting and analytics activities.
• Drive annual and strategic planning FP&A cycles across the group.
• Collaborate with business partners to generate key assumptions and drivers for decision support, independently conduct ad hoc data analysis to identify business insights and observations.
• Drive accountability through deployment of key operating mechanisms in support of Group, Sector and Corporate initiatives.
• Effectively communicate, navigate ambiguity, and influence through recommendations.
• Thought partner to group leadership and act as change agent to drive profitable growth.
• Lead through change and support adoption of technology for stronger data governance, automated reporting, and scaling business to greater insights / predictions.
• Build and lead a diverse team passionate about customer needs.
• Focus on individual development plans and address performance concerns. Continuously assess talent and team structure to optimize roles and promote growth.
• Strengthen business processes and build an effective management system to support the business to consistently achieve objectives.
• Partner with shared service accounting team, APAC country models, and functional business partners.
• Perform special projects and ad-hoc financial reporting.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of finance and business partnerships experience, including leading a team.
• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting required; an MBA or CPA preferred.
• Excel (i.e., financial models and analysis) and PowerPoint experience required; CMR and Hyperion Planning preferred.
• Strong financial analysis, problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Self-motivated, high level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done.
• Successful experience building and leading teams.
• Empower, engage and influence team, business partners and leadership.
• Balance priorities in a large global company and highly matrixed organization.
• Track record of developing high levels of credibility and partnership.
• Ability to operate at all levels in a matrix reporting structure.

Benefits:

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo 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!

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