Financial Analyst III - Inventory Accounting Group, Controllership

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. 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.

Location/Division Specific Information

This position is in Pittsburgh, PA supporting the Customer Channels Group (CCG) Business as a Shared Service Function in the Finance team.

Discover Impactful Work:

Our Accounting function provides financial oversight and support for our fast-paced operations team. By leading activities such as budgeting, forecasting, month-end close and reporting. You will work with a broad number of internal and external business partners.

A day in the Life:

• Completing closing activities and help ensuring accurate reporting in the monthly closing process.
• Analyze transactional / operational data, recommend accruals to ensure accurate reporting.
• Review monthly transactional details and identify the key factors driving variances to AOP and Forecast.
• Collaborate with business partners to correct transactional errors, improve processes, and understand and generate key assumptions affecting the financials.
• Develop, standardize, and improve regular analyses and reports to share business and financial insights, and support monthly /quarterly /annual forecasting and budgeting process (i.e. support MBR, QBR, AOP, etc.).
• Develop process improvements through use of automation and AI technologies

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business-related field

Experience

• 3 years relevant working experience
• Prior experience in a large global company and highly matrixed organization
• Excellent skills with MS Excel are required; AI, UIPath, Oracle, HFM/CMR, Power BI, Cognos, and SQL are preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in a concise and effective manner
• Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work; ability to learn quickly, and multi-task in deadline driven environment
• Self-motivated, higher level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done

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!