FP&A Finance Intern

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, such as helping customers find cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals. Our staff members are committed to making a difference in our organisation, for our client partners and the patients we serve. We seek individuals with proven competencies and strong character to help lead our organisation now and into the future.

Discover Impactful Work:

The growing Thermo Fisher Scientific Finance community offers outstanding career growth opportunities across the world, with a wide range of positions across various teams including Commercial Finance, Operations Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis, Controllership, Finance Technology, Global Business Support and more. These are exciting opportunities for passionate Finance professionals seeking to play a key role in driving financial strategy. As a member of our Finance community, you will be able to expand your network with highly proficient and engaging Finance professionals and leaders, as well as build a career path to achieve your overall career aspirations. Working within Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Specialty Diagnostics Group (SDG), within the Microbiology Division (MBD), this is an excellent opportunity for an undergraduate intern.

Our Finance Internship is a 12-month programme crafted for rising Finance and/or Accounting undergraduates working with our global functions and project teams. As a global organisation, we have many sites located across the world. The Finance Intern will be based at our Microbiology Divisional headquarters at our Basingstoke site in the UK.

A Day in the Life:

Our intern projects are designed to give you real-world finance and accounting experience and project responsibility in a large organisation. In addition to working within a team, you will receive additional opportunities to experience our culture with exposure to Finance leaders, as well as other leaders in the organisation. Interns will be asked to present an end-of-assignment presentation to their team of colleagues at the end of their internship. Projects could focus on the following Finance activities:

• Financial Planning & Analysis

• Finance models

• General Accounting and Reporting

• Division Finance

• Analytics

• Master Data

• Finance Transformation

Education:

• Full-time student completing a Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. This will be a placement for your third year at university.

Experience:

• Related work or internship experience helpful!

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Strong desire and motivation to develop a career as a future leader in the Finance function.

• Strong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• The ability to handle multiple assignments, exercise good judgement and prioritise projects and time effectively.

• Proactive and accountable with a strong sense of ownership.

• Curious to understand business performance with an analytical mind.

• Focused on quality, with strong attention to detail, and passionate about delivery.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, with Excel skills.

If invited to interview, this will take place via an assessment day in March 2026, with a view to a September 2026 start date.