Sr Manager, Accounting

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Carlsbad, CA

2d • $131,300 - $197,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting – North America. The role works closely with regional accounting, Global Business Services (GBS) shared accounting, corporate accounting, cost accounting, and LSG FP&A teams, and serves as a key member of the LSG global accounting leadership team. The position leads two direct reports and oversees accounting and financial-close activities for LSG North America.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA designation.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting or finance leadership experience, combining public accounting and industry experience.
• Experience leading a diverse, global financial month-end close process accurately and on time while maintaining a strong control environment.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and demonstrated technical accounting expertise in areas including revenue recognition, restructuring, discontinued operations, mergers and acquisitions, inventory, reserves, lease accounting, fixed assets, and intercompany transactions.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse groups and cross-functional teams across departments, functions, and geographic locations in a large, matrixed global organization.
• Demonstrated success attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing and high-potential talent.
• Experience with financial software such as SAP, JDE E1, Oracle R12, Blackline, Hyperion Financial Management, and Hyperion Enterprise, as well as Power BI, ChatGPT, Codex, and other AI and automation solutions.
• Strong continuous-improvement focus and a track record of optimizing processes, driving automation, and leading practical improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects successfully while prioritizing routine deliverables.
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor monthly closing of LSG North America accounting ledgers and ensure accurate, timely completion according to the established financial close schedule.
• Oversee accounting activities performed by local site controllers and GBS teams supporting LSG North America entities, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, U.S. GAAP, and SOX requirements.
• Conduct analytical reviews of balance-sheet fluctuations across the LSG North America business.
• Research complex technical accounting issues and ensure appropriate accounting treatment.
• Serve as a site accounting resource for accounting and compliance questions; liaise between site controllership and corporate technical accounting, including drafting and submitting technical waivers, capital expenditure approvals, and memoranda concerning reserves, exemptions, and other significant accounting judgments and estimates.
• Lead detailed balance-sheet reviews and ensure corrective actions are completed in a timely manner.
• Partner with the GBS shared-service center to monitor and report on balance-sheet integrity and the quality and completeness of account reconciliations.
• Monitor and report on timely closure of construction-in-progress (CIP) projects and assessment of impairment risk.
• Review restructuring project costs and related accruals for accuracy, appropriate accounting treatment, and compliance with approval requirements.
• Coordinate with external and internal auditors on annual audits and quarterly reviews.
• Train site controllers on corporate policies, accounting policy, accounting newsletter topics, and the divisional approval authority matrix.
• Coach and provide feedback to team members, including goal setting, performance evaluations, and career-development discussions.
• Identify and lead automation and process-improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
• At least 120 hours of paid time off (PTO) and 10 paid holidays annually.
• Paid parental leave: 3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave.
• Accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy.
• Competitive U.S. 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the opportunity for eligible colleagues to purchase company stock at a discount.
• Potential eligibility for a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results.

What This Job Offers

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