Financial Analyst (All levels)

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the support and resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team are at the forefront of strategic decision making providing impactful analysis and insight for senior leaders. This information is used to help shape the future of the business. This is a great opportunity for you to join a supportive and collaborative team as we expand our presence in Sofia.

Financial Analyst (All levels)

Main Duties include:

• Collects, analyzes and interprets complex financial and operating data for business units and/or corporate functions.
• Provides decision support to business management through the presentation of tools, models, data analysis, and dashboards. May assist in development and/or enhancement of these tools.
• Prepares reports and analyses in support of monthly, quarterly and annual financial close processes and ongoing financial activities.
• Serves as a finance business partner and prepares forecasts and budgets for assigned business units and/or functional areas and/or supports management in assessing and minimizing the risk on revenue and gross profit and/or balances associated with assigned balance sheet accounts and/or financial processes and tools
• Performs variance analysis and investigates irregularities; and/or coordinates and supervises deliverables of assigned projects/business units and manages outcomes to corporate targets; makes recommendations to correct inaccuracies
• May conduct peer reviews of work to ensure quality standards are met.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years).

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Solid understanding of accounting/financial principles and best practices
• Ability to function as an effective partner to internal clients
• Solid analytical thinking and quantitative skills and ability to handle data effectively
• Confidence to handle sensitive information and make sound recommendations
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks while still delivering high quality results
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data
• Knowledge and experience with SharePoint / VBA / SQL / Power BI / RPA / other technical and analytical tools will be considered as advantage

What we offer:

At PPD Clinical Research Services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development program, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded with a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees.

This is a great opportunity to join an expanding team, to develop professionally and to participate in process creation. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD Clinical Research Services truly value a work-life balance. We offer a successful candidate to select between office based or flex work setting, ensuring in-person collaboration with different teams and an opportunity to create a meaningful connection with colleagues. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.