Financial Analyst II

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Pittsburgh, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Analyst II will be an integral member of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Research & Safety Division (RSD) Divisional Finance team, supporting near- and long-term financial objectives. RSD is part of the Customer Channels Group (CCG), which serves biotech, pharmaceutical, academic, government, and industrial customers with products made by Thermo Fisher Scientific and products sourced from other suppliers. The role covers financial planning and analysis, reporting, and support for financial goals and initiatives in a growing organization.

The position analyzes operational and transactional information, supports regular reporting and planning cycles, develops dashboards and forecast models, and works with business partners to identify financial drivers, risks, and opportunities. The role also investigates data issues and adopts systems and tools to improve analytics capability and accuracy. The work schedule is standard Monday through Friday in an office environment, with 0–10% domestic or international travel required. Company sponsorship and relocation are not approved for this role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 0–3 years of financial planning and analysis experience in a large global company and highly matrixed organization.
• Proficiency with systems and tools such as SAP, Hyperion, Hyperion Planning, Power BI, Cognos, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to summarize and present information concisely and effectively.
• Strong attention to detail and consistent delivery of high-quality work.
• Ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines, and multitask in a deadline-driven environment.
• Good understanding of business processes, operations, and financial controls; ability to identify control weaknesses and recommend mitigation actions.
• Ability to travel 0–10% domestically or internationally.

Responsibilities

• Analyze transactional and operational data, identify anomalies, and recommend accruals or reversals to support accurate reporting.
• Develop, standardize, and improve recurring analyses and reports to communicate business and financial insights and support monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and budgeting, including MBR, QBR, and AOP processes.
• Build and update dashboards, PowerPoint materials, and other business intelligence tools by mining data from various systems.
• Independently investigate data issues and information, ask relevant questions, identify root causes, and collaborate with business partners and system support to improve data quality.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop key assumptions and drivers for decision support, and independently conduct ad hoc analysis to identify business insights and observations.
• Analyze product and service profitability and identify P&L drivers, including manufacturing and SIOP, to identify risks and opportunities and drive actions.
• Translate business inputs into financial assumptions and build and maintain forecast models covering areas such as revenue, new product launches, pricing, operating expenses, and CAPEX.
• Learn and adopt new systems and tools to improve analytics capability and accuracy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level