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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:
Seeking a Senior Finance Professional who has an Accounting background and is able to manage processes around month end close, specifically working within the GBS Shared Services Record to Report Accounting Operations Organization. This candidate will oversee a team of accountants and also need to be able to partner with the Financial Accounting and controller organizations to provide reconciliations, reporting and audit support as needed. In addition, the position will identify and recommend operational and compliance related improvement opportunities, and support leadership in achieving of business objectives.

What you will do:
• Manage aspects of the month end and quarter end close and reporting cycles for multiple divisions and groups
• Partner with the Shared Service Center Financial Accounting Team
• Evaluate efficiency and effectiveness of accounting processes. Recommend and implement changes to policies and processes to strengthen control environment.
• Design, implement, and monitor processes, controls, and systems.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, company policy, approval authority matrix and standard operating procedure
• Apply knowledge and provide mentorship on sophisticated financial accounting transactions
• Verify accuracy and completeness of financial documents and supplementary reporting with accounting procedures and controls and through balance sheet reviews
• Lead fulfillment of internal and external audit requirements
• Form solutions to operational issues beyond finance department
• Drive continuous improvement and use systems to increase controls and efficiencies
• Listen proactively and collaborate across functional lines
• Help ensure effective data security and controls within ERP, financial systems, and data flows
• Exercise sound data stewardship - following data policies (retention, privacy, security) and detailing procedures

How you will get here:

Requirements
•Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience, with 2+ years of people management experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Excellent understanding of financial accounting standards and internal controls
• Proficient user of Excel; experience in multi ERP environment, PowerPoint,
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills
• Takes personal accountability for decisions and actions
• Challenges the status quo; introduces and proactively seeks out new insights and solutions to strengthen our performance.

Travel requirements
• Less than 25% domestic/international travel required