Senior Financial Analyst

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

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.

How you will make an impact:

The Senior Financial Analyst provides analytical, reporting, and strategy support to the Supplier Portfolio Management team (includes the Encompass team). They will gain exposure to upper management, gain experience with supplier relationships, and strategy development. They will become an integral member of the team, assist in making strategic business decisions, and drive additional profitability for the company! This position provides a unique opportunity for a motivated self-starter to demonstrate their ability to contribute to the Customer Channel Group.

What you will do:

• Complete annual and quarterly forecasts for financial metrics with minimal guidance from management, and present forecasts to business leaders.

• Develop, track, report, and analyze key financial metrics for Portfolio Management, including supplier growth rates, portfolio expansion, cash flow and supplier rebates.

• Communicate risks and opportunities to expected results and develop contingency plans to deliver on the financial commitments.

• Provide analytical support (proforma’s, margin analysis, category analysis) to drive business decisions. Understand drivers of profitability, challenge current business assumptions to formulate and recommend opportunities for financial improvements and participate in their implementation.

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support the execution of special projects

• Lead business partner activities with key operational team members by helping them to understand key drivers and providing business insights through detail analysis.

• Lead role in department initiatives from development through implementation of solutions!

How you will get here:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics or other relevant background.

Experience

• Minimum of 6 years required, preferred 8 –10+ years of prior work experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proven track record driving continuous improvement
• Curiosity and initiative to discover root causes of issues

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Consistent track record of making logical assumptions, incorporate external and internal information, and effectively benchmark results against appropriate baselines.
• Ability to manage process change, identifying and breaking down barriers.
• Strong written communication skills, along with clear and concise verbal skills. Ability to effectively communicate complex financial analysis to business leaders and to obtain operational agreement.
• Proven ability to handle multiple assignments, prioritize projects and time effectively.
• Commitment to continued learning, shows career progression and seeks opportunities to stretch capabilities.
• Ability to act independently, within supervisor guidelines.
• Effectively builds relationships both internally and externally.
• Develops and motivates other team members.
• Expert user of Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, etc.); advanced skills with PowerPoint, Data Warehouses, COGNOS, preferred.

Travel requirements

• Less than 10% domestic/international travel required