Job Description

Operations Finance Manager

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 65,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Thermo Fisher Scientific teams do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals!

Job Title: Manager, Finance (Operations Finance Manager)

Reports to: Sr Manager, Finance

Group / Division: LSG/LPD

Career Band: 7

Job Family: Finance

Job Sub Family: FP&A

Job Code: FNC.FPAA.M07

Job Track: Management

Position Location: Asheville, NC

Number of Direct Reports: 4

Position Summary:

We seek a Finance professional with experience in manufacturing operations to join our rapidly growing FP&A team and support Operations leadership. The successful candidate will lead direct reports and drive business decisions through effective cost and inventory analysis and communication with senior management. This position will be based at our flagship manufacturing, distribution and service business located in Asheville, NC!

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop local finance staff and drive continuous improvement and standardization in Operations Finance

• Review and develop standard work to ensure variances are minimal and root cause corrective actions are in place

• Drive consolidation & reporting operational improvements through automation

• Assist with month-end close activities

• Lead the preparation of financial reports for Operations management (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually) while providing support with data analysis on Plant Performance.

• Partner with key Operations business partners to identify mitigate issues impeding the achievement of business goals

• Provide accurate, timely costing and inventory information to support business decisions.

• Support the planning, preparation and execution of the annual Physical Inventory (PI) count and cycle counting audits.

• Assist with development and presentation of monthly and quarterly business reviews and Annual Operating Plan (AOP)

• Assist in development of long-range financial models to facilitate strategic decisions and capital deployment decisions for internal project portfolio.

• Carry out adherence to Divisional Approval Authority Matrix and corporate accounting policies

• Handle product costs related to Engineering Change Orders.

• Work with Engineering and Value Stream leaders to identify and mitigate BOM and router errors

• Analyze financial data generated from shop floor transactions and identify corrective actions

• Own the Annual Standard Cost roll process, ensuring costs are reconciled to budget

• Lead strategic PPI and Productivity efforts with PPI Leader (kaizens, valuations, tracking, pipeline health)

• Partner with the IT department and RCCM issues that would have financial implications.

Frequent Contacts:

This role will work closely with the site Finance and local Operations leadership

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Clear understanding of operating and cost drivers, with the ability to translate and interpret these within financial results

• Excellent communication skills: ability to present analytical results in verbal and written form

• Strong problem solving, data analysis and partnership skills are critical

• Ability to work cross-functionally with individuals and teams

• Experience with Cognos or similar reporting packages highly desirable

Other Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business related.

• 3-5 years of progressive material, labor, inventory and cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment

• Advanced Excel skills (3 – 5+) years of experience

• Ability to perform effectively under pressure and to balance multiple assignments simultaneously

• Comfortable in a fast-paced and team-oriented environment

• Self-motivated with high bias for action

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.