Sr Manager, Accounting

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Carlsbad, CA

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting for 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 is a key member of the LSG global accounting leadership team. It 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.
• At least 7 years of progressive accounting or finance leadership experience, combining public accounting and industry experience.
• Experience leading a diverse, global financial month-end close accurately and on time while maintaining a strong control environment.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and demonstrated technical accounting expertise in complex 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 improvements to efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects successfully while prioritizing routine deliverables and working in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the monthly close of LSG North America accounting ledgers and ensure accurate, timely completion according to the 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.
• Perform analytical reviews of balance sheet fluctuations across the LSG North America business.
• Research complex technical accounting issues and ensure appropriate accounting treatment.
• Provide site accounting guidance on accounting and compliance topics.
• Act as the LSG North America liaison 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 promptly.
• 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.
• Retirement and savings programs, including a competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), which offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.
• May be eligible for a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.

What This Job Offers

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