About this Assistant Controller role at Danaher
Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
Shape the Future with Us!
At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.
Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Assistant Controller (d/f/m) plays a key role in strengthening Leica Microsystems’ global financial compliance and controlling framework. The position oversees all financial compliance and internal control topics (including SOX), driving excellence across the full lifecycle—from planning and risk assessment to issue resolution and continuous process optimization.
This position reports to the Global Controller, is part of the Corporate Finance team, and is designed as an on-site role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Strengthen Leica´s comprehensive compliance framework that enables the organization to meet all corporate, statutory, legal and regulatory requirements
Monitor the monthly closing of Leica group results including financial reporting and analysis
Support the digital transformation and automation for finance (e.g. utilization of smart robots and AI routines)
Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external audits as well as own our comprehensive balance sheet review program
Business partner with our finance leaders and regional controllers globally to provide accounting insights for informed decision making
The essential requirements of the job include:
University's degree in Economics or Finance and preferably additional qualification as Certified Tax Advisor, Chartered Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor
Strong years of progressive accounting/controllership or audit experience, preferably in a multinational company environment and/or international audit firm (Big Four)
Expert command of US GAAP, statutory regulations, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance with a high-level capability in ERPs and reporting platforms (e.g., SAP, Blackline, OneStream) and BI tools, alongside advanced Excel.
Team player, process oriented and hands-on
Fluency in English, written and spoken, is a must
Travel Requirements:
Ability to travel – up to 20% globally to spend time at Gemba
Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
The annual salary range OR the hourly range for this role is 187.000,00 BRL to 387.000,00 BRL. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
