Supervisor, Accounting

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:
Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll lead accounting operations and contribute to financial excellence. As an Accounting Supervisor, you'll oversee daily financial activities, ensure accurate reporting, and develop a team. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain strong internal controls while supporting process improvements through our Practical Process Improvement (PPI) initiatives. This role offers professional growth opportunities within our organization as you help enable our mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and ensure the fulfillment of departmental and organizational objectives successfully,

focusing on the operational team performance, development and correct guidance of the team.

• Lead daily operational work through meetings, audits, reports, and internal controls.

• Perform administrative tasks related to the personnel in charge in accordance with the established

policies and procedures, such as assistance control, vacation, and performance plans.

• Evaluate and approve team tasks as reconciliations, manual journal entries, reports, ad hoc requests

from external and internal customers and other calculations.

• Support weekly and monthly reporting cadence and ad-hoc reports – including exec level reports

& presentations.

Investigate, analyze, and address complex problems that arise with internal and external customers

to identify the root cause, ensuring that these are resolved completely, timely manner and avoid

similar cases, in turn establishing internal controls based on these cases.

• Maintain involvement and communication by telephone, email, chat or any other means with

internal and external clients involved in the processes.

• Participate in Kaizen events of the "Practical Process Improvement" (PPI) department to develop a

continuous improvement behavior in employees.

• Lead the process of internal and external audits, maintaining the controls of the complete and

correct operating procedures, as well as serving as a point of contact to provide the information

requested by the auditors.

• Identify strategies to increase employees' engagement, involvement, and satisfaction.

• Provide support and any other request that is required by the company's needs.

REQUIREMENTS:
• Advanced Degree plus 3 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of experience in accounting, with minimum 1-2 years in a supervisory role
• Preferred Fields of Study: Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred
• Additional certifications in relevant areas are advantageous
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP, SOX requirements, and financial reporting processes
• Strong proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards) and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with financial tools like Blackline, Hyperion preferred
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail
• Demonstrated leadership abilities with experience developing and mentoring teams
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to work effectively across all organizational levels
• Experience in shared services or large multinational organizations preferred
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a professional environment
• Process improvement mindset with ability to identify and implement efficiencies
• English language proficiency required, additional languages beneficial
• Demonstrated success maintaining strong internal controls and SOX compliance