Sr Manager, Finance - Pittsburgh, United States - Thermo Fisher Scientific

Description

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. Ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $40 billion, you'll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager, Finance - Commercial North America will be responsible for the finance business partnering across the commercial function, providing finance support, identifying potential improvement options and recommendations as well as challenging the status quo where appropriate. This is a pivotal role in driving improved financial insights across the North America Commercial team ($300M) thus enabling better business decisions to ultimately maximize revenue and margin expansion.

Key Responsibilities:

- North America Business Partnering – Build trust through the provision of effective business partnering including building the strategic plans with the NA Sales Director and vertical market & country Sales leaders. Proactive and timely communication of insightful commercial performance information on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to drive successful achievement of the monthly and quarterly target expectations.

- Establish insights into variances through volume, price, product mix and product margin analysis, translate findings and drive practical solutions.

- Drive improved commercial process controls, especially on pricing.

- Support the yearly continuous improvement process by leading specific cross-functional commercial activities, playing an active role in key projects as required

- Collaborate with the commercial teams on new business tenders & pricing quotes, and existing business re-quotes, using business experience to question the approach & make proposals to ensure optimum pricing & margins to align with the strategic goals and a solid financial case

- Take full ownership for the NA P&L revenue number ensuring all G/L postings made by the Accounting Services team are timely, and all reporting is accurate. Partner with controllership team to ensure proper controls are in place for Revenue, standard costs and Opex

- Forecasting - Own the NA monthly and quarterly revenue forecasting ensuring accountability and accuracy, with a clear action plan to achieve results, overcoming any potential gaps as they arise, and identify defined risks and opportunities

- Price – Own the NA pricing target, track actuals and provide understanding and support to the business to drive key actions

- Commissions - Own the NA sales team commission plans from a finance perspective, ensuring full accountability of the AOP is cascaded down and appropriate bonuses are paid

- Manage the NA Revenue annual operating plan (AOP) build alongside the Commercial team ensuring ownership & accountability is appropriately assigned

- Support the Global Sales Opex & Headcount annual operating plan (AOP) build alongside HR & the Global commercial teams ensuring accountability is appropriately assigned & aligned to revenue AOP assumptions

- Provide support on new business quotes & tenders, and existing business re-quotes to ensure optimum pricing & margins in line with MBD strategy, and a solid financial business case

- Establish a set of meaningful metrics to ensure tracking to strategic goals and regularly challenge monthly Key Performance Indicators

- Work on other ad hoc tasks as required

- Lead change by constantly looking for opportunities for continuous improvement of processes both in Finance and in the partnering Functions

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration or related field
• CPA Preferred
• 7+ years of experience in business/commercial finance
• Strong communication skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with non-finance people
• Experience with a matrixed organization and dispersed teams
• Proven ability to deal with complexity and isolate the essentials
• Proven track record to lead and influence across all levels of the organization
• Possess a strong set of personal and business values that coincide with those of the 4Is

Preferred Experience & Qualifications:

• Ability to work independently as well as in a group setting with little direction at times
• Experience in manufacturing finance
• Experience with SAP, Hyperion and Cognos
• Desire for career advancement within Thermo Fisher

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation

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.

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