Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Position Summary
Join our Finance team as an Operations Cost Analyst and contribute to financial excellence across our manufacturing operations. In this position, you'll collaborate with Operations teams to optimize costs, analyze variances, and ensure accurate standard costing across our manufacturing facilities. You'll leverage your expertise to support critical financial processes, from monthly closes to annual cost rolls, while helping advance continuous improvement initiatives that impact our bottom line. This role offers excellent opportunities to work across functions and make meaningful contributions to our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.
Location Requirements: This position requires regular on-site presence at our 401 Millcreek Road, Marietta, OH location.
Please note that relocation assistance is not available for this role. Additionally, employment sponsorship is not provided now or in the future, and candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
Responsibilities
• Support month-end close responsibilities including journal entries, reconciliations, and material variance analysis.
• Own and analyze daily and weekly financial and operational metrics and KPIs; support leadership decision making through analyses.
• Prepare weekly and monthly financial reports detailing performance of key business metrics and underlying business drivers causing variances to expected results.
• Assist with development and presentation of monthly business reviews.
• Routine Bill of Materials (BOM) maintenance.
• Support annual standard cost roll and maintenance of system costs, performance of production routing analysis.
• Support Capex project management and analysis.
• Actively participate in and lead initiatives to improve execution and factory operational performance.
• Provide comprehensive finance support to enable delivery of productivity commitments (PPI).
• Other responsibilities as assigned.
Experience, skills & abilities:
• High school diploma and/or GED plus 2-4 years of experience in cost accounting or finance, or comparable relevant experience in manufacturing, healthcare, or similar field
• Strong proficiency in ERP systems (preferably SAP or equivalent)
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial reporting tools
• Demonstrated expertise in standard cost accounting, variance analysis, and inventory management
• Experience with monthly/quarterly close processes and journal entries
• Ability to perform cost modeling and analysis for business cases, NPIs, and make-vs-buy decisions
• Experience with Bill of Materials (BOM) and production routing analysis
• Ability to build effective partnerships across operations, planning, procurement, and finance teams
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and SOX compliance requirements
• Experience supporting internal and external audits
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, exercise good judgement, and prioritize projects and time effectively.
• Commitment to continuous learning, career progression and development, embrace additional responsibilities and seek opportunities to stretch capabilities
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work cross-functionally
• Ability to work effectively in a structured, matrix environment
• Process improvement mindset
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
- 2-4 years experience in manufacturing cost accounting or finance
- Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP preferred)
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial reporting tools
- Expertise in standard cost accounting, variance analysis, and inventory management
- Experience with monthly/quarterly close processes and journal entries
- Ability to perform cost modeling and analysis for business cases, NPIs, and make-vs-buy decisions
- Experience with Bill of Materials (BOM) maintenance and production routing analysis
- Experience supporting internal and external audits
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and SOX compliance requirements
- Ability to manage multiple assignments, exercise good judgement, and prioritize effectively
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Process improvement mindset and ability to lead execution initiatives
- Experience supporting CapEx project management and analysis
- Commitment to continuous learning and career development
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $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.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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