Job Description
How will you make an impact?
The Financial Analyst – Business Systems role is the primary resource for Group-level FP&A systems process oversight.
With emphasis on removing waste and improving user efficiency across our divisions, this role is actively involved in the creation, refinement, and oversight of business processes activities across varying financial systems.
Reporting to the Senior Manager – Planning and Forecasting, the role will have high visibility to and be a key resource for Division FP&A teams.
The successful candidate will have sound financial systems skills, an eye toward continuous process improvement, and a desire to work collaboratively across varying functional areas and levels within the organization.
What will you do?
Evaluate existing financial system activities and establish defined processes to centralize and remove non-value-added work from the businesses.
Ensure teams are trained on workflows and partner with functional areas to evolve and refine procedures.
Act as subject matter expert (SME), providing guidance and expertise in addressing wide ranges of user system application needs.
Coordinate activities as primary point of contact (POC) between Group and Corporate.
Support Group-level forecast/plan submission activities, ensuring calendar creation, timing, and expectations are clear to Division teams.
Review results and follow up with teams as needed.
Establish and maintain a centralized resource portal for all relevant business process activities and information.
Evaluate existing resources to bring to bear standard processes and eliminate redundant applications where possible across Divisions.
Coordinate systems security across Group, ensuring users are accurately provisioned across multiple platforms.
Build and deliver comprehensive & repeatable financial systems training protocols that improve user system proficiencies and efficiency.
Partner with other functional work streams (Data Governance, BI/Reporting, Inventory/Ops) to collaboratively address project-specific finance system needs.
Participate as active contributor across wide range of monthly forecast and annual budget process activities.
Support Group FP&A work streams to analyze and review results, build reports, and work collaboratively toward issue resolution.
Perform special projects and ad-hoc requests as assigned.
Keys to Success:
Education and Basic Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance with experience in financial reporting systems and consolidations preferred.
1-3 years of experience in Finance or Accounting, or successful completion of Thermo Fisher Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP).
Experience using Oracle EPM applications including HFM, Hyperion Planning, Smart View preferred.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required; Power BI/Tableau dash boarding skills preferred.
Organized, detail-oriented, self-starter with drive toward continual process improvement.
Excellent organizational skills, collaborative, and effective verbal & written communication abilities.
Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and understanding there may be extra hours during peak times in the financial calendar.
We offer a competitive salary, an annual incentive bonus plan, 401K with company match, health benefits, tuition reimbursement, and a range of other employee benefits!
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