Senior Finance Manager, Millersburg

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Millersburg, PA

19d•Onsite

About The Position

The Single Use Division (SUD) is a $1.3 billion global business that promotes, sells, and delivers a wide range of flexible and bio rigid containment products and bioprocessing equipment to its primary customers worldwide. Position Summary Thermo Fisher Scientific's Single Use Division needs a Sr. Manager Finance (Site Finance Lead) to support the Millersburg, PA site and Matamoros, Mexico . This role reports to the Director, Finance Operations, and supports the site leads of each location and engages with various departments to guide decision making and drive operational improvements. Act as the financial leader for both Millersburg and Matamoros Leadership teams and use financial knowledge to impact decision-making Provide financial oversite and leadership to two sites within the SUD network Partner with multiple functions to assess and strategize on network optimization to improve product and total business profitability Guide and support team members in finance and on sites to strengthen financial foresight and leadership skills Key finance member on business teams and helps support cost understanding and driving margin expansion in Flexibles business Owner of closing financial books, reporting and building monthly forecast. Aligning with business partners to verify results and forecast assumptions Understand spend by department and ability to investigate issues and drive to understanding and closure Drive annual operating plan (AOP) process with the operations team to develop a site budget with efficiency and costs targets Review monthly manufacturing variances to assess site performance, and clearly communicate drivers of performance through business reviews. Provide finance support and oversight for supplemental metrics such as efficiency, leakage, inventory, E&O, backorder, etc Perform financial evaluation of capital expenditures to ensure profitable business decisions Identify and provide suggestions to enhance business processes and reporting for enhanced financial performance Proactively lead analytics to drive margin expansion. Offer expertise in building financial strategy in partnership with the Site Leaders Partner with cost accounting and global accounting teams to ensure compliance and optimized processes Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.

Requirements

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field
8+ years related work experience
Proven business partner and influencer of outcomes. Ability to address sophisticated problems with tact and resolve
Experience with cost accounting, close process, variance analysis and reporting, and forecasting assumptions and creation
Organized multitasker: workload prioritization, able to meet tight deadlines while achieving results, especially in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Leader and mentor to both junior financial professionals as well as colleagues in other fields
Consistent track record to simplify and streamline finance processes
Highly analytical with strong business insight
Proficient verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated understanding of Excel (i.e., financial models and analysis), enterprise-wide ERP systems (M2M, Oracle R12), Hyperion Planning is a plus

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience in Manufacturing Finance or Cost Accounting roles preferred
Prior experience in a large global and highly matrixed organization, preferably within manufacturing or supply chain

Responsibilities

Act as the financial leader for both Millersburg and Matamoros Leadership teams and use financial knowledge to impact decision-making
Provide financial oversite and leadership to two sites within the SUD network
Partner with multiple functions to assess and strategize on network optimization to improve product and total business profitability
Guide and support team members in finance and on sites to strengthen financial foresight and leadership skills
Key finance member on business teams and helps support cost understanding and driving margin expansion in Flexibles business
Owner of closing financial books, reporting and building monthly forecast. Aligning with business partners to verify results and forecast assumptions
Understand spend by department and ability to investigate issues and drive to understanding and closure
Drive annual operating plan (AOP) process with the operations team to develop a site budget with efficiency and costs targets
Review monthly manufacturing variances to assess site performance, and clearly communicate drivers of performance through business reviews.
Provide finance support and oversight for supplemental metrics such as efficiency, leakage, inventory, E&O, backorder, etc
Perform financial evaluation of capital expenditures to ensure profitable business decisions
Identify and provide suggestions to enhance business processes and reporting for enhanced financial performance
Proactively lead analytics to drive margin expansion.
Offer expertise in building financial strategy in partnership with the Site Leaders
Partner with cost accounting and global accounting teams to ensure compliance and optimized processes