NA Controller, MBD

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Finance Manager, NA Controller (m/f/d)

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.

The Thermo Fisher Finance community offers growth opportunities across the world with a wide range of positions including Commercial Finance, Operations Finance, FP&A, Controllership, and Global Business Support. Finance professionals seeking to play drive financial strategy and business outcomes via strong business partnership and an extensive network of strong leaders and a career development focused culture.

Microbiology Division business within Speciality Diagnostics Group, which offers rapid identification and targeted treatment for disease, food safety serving Global markets. With 150 years experience in microbiology our products provide customers with high performance, quality products that they can depend on.

Are you interested in having an even bigger impact on our customers and patients? MBD is seeking a regional controller for its Finance Manager, NA Controllership position, supporting its businesses to help drive process, results and partnership!

How you will make an impact:

If you have a passion for financial accuracy and timeliness across a global organization, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Accounting and Controllership function is the team for you.

We are looking for a leader to provide finance, accounting and decision support to MBD finance and business customers. With a keen understanding of laws, tax regulations and compliance this role will support accounting, controls and compliance procedures to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, consistent with US GAAP and local reporting requirements.   This team uses innovative financial systems and controls, data security and robust processes to protect the company’s assets and support its short- and long-term global scaled growth. In addition, the position holder will provide valuable decision support, lead PPI, and support functional development and business objectives.

You will have an opportunity to build strong interpersonal alliances to understand and mitigate risk, as well as bring together opportunities and provide valuable support to all business partners

Key Responsibilities/what you will do:

• Ensure local tax requirements supported by site teams are completed on a timely basis
• Ensures compliance with US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, company policy and standard operating procedure; recommends changes to strengthen control environment
• Supports internal and external audit requirements
• Drives continuous improvement and uses systems to increase controls and efficiencies
• Partners with functional and business leadership and peers in driving business performance to meet short and long term objectives
• Lead and support monthly closing activities including journal entries, accruals, reporting and analysis processes
• Identify and lead PPIs and deployment and systems implementations
• Listens proactively and collaborates across functional lines
• Other ad-hoc duties
• Analyze financial and business performance against key business metrics and financial highlights that will enable understanding of progress against strategic / business plan and budgets

How you will get here:

• An undergraduate degree in Business, Finance or Accounting is a plus
• A global accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA) is required
• Possess excellent academic credentials and strong financial competence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to distill and translate technical concepts and US GAAP to non technical collaborators and vice versa
• Experience in the Pharma or Life Sciences industry is a plus
• The candidate should have a minimum of 4+ years of finance and accounting experience
• Validated deep understanding of ERPs (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Hyperion) and data visualization and analytics tools (e.g. Power BI, Cognos)
• Working understanding of financial accounting standards and internal controls
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to distill and translate technical concepts to non technical collaborators and vice versa

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 at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives are valued. Apply today!

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Non-Negotiable Hiring Criteria (must-have):

• A global accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA) is required

Travel requirements

Less than 25% domestic/international travel required

This position is not approved for Relocation Assistance.