Financial Analyst I

Position Overview

• Location Type: Office
• Job Type: Full time
• Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri)
• Salary: Not specified

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Summarized Purpose: Prepares accurate, transparent and timely financial reports and assists with financial analysis to support management in the decision-making process.

Essential Functions

• Collects, analyzes and interprets financial and operating data for assigned business units.
• Provides decision support to business management through the presentation of tools, models, data analysis, and dashboards. May assist in development and/or creation of these tools.
• Prepares reports and analyses in support of monthly, quarterly and annual financial close processes and ongoing financial activities.
• Serves as a finance business partner and prepares forecasts and budgets for assigned business units.
• Performs variance analysis and investigates irregularities; makes recommendations to correct inaccuracies.

Job Complexity

Works on problems of limited scope. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.

Job Knowledge

Learns to use professional concepts. Applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues.

Supervision Received

Normally receives detailed instructions on all work.

Business Relationships

Contacts are primarily with the immediate supervisor and other personnel in the department. Builds stable working relationships internally.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years).
• In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Solid understanding of accounting/financial principles, and regulations/legal requirements.
• Ability to function as an effective partner to internal clients.
• Solid analytical thinking and quantitative skills and ability to handle data effectively.
• Confidence to handle sensitive information and make sound recommendations.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks while still delivering high-quality results.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data.

Management Role

No management responsibility.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.
• Long, varied hours may be required.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Frequent mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise).