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OfficeJob Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact. Our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. With revenues of more than $40 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow as part of the world leader serving science.
Location/Division Specific Information
This Director Finance role has oversight for the end-to-end financial management of our Ion Chromatography Sample Prep (ICSP) business unit. It is a global portfolio-based business unit, serving a broad range of industries. This position is based in Sunnyvale, California, where the chosen candidate will be co-located at least 4-days/week to enable in-person teamwork & leadership.
How will you make an impact?
We are in search of a Director of Finance who will collaborate with the Vice President/General Manager to strategically distribute capital to continue to stimulate growth and enhance profitability. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of excellence in strategic capital allocation aligned with competitive positioning of the product-portfolio, consistent P&L management by understanding detailed drivers and proactively aligning organization to achieve financial outcomes, building interpersonal trust and partnerships, and attracting, retaining, and cultivating talent. Experience with manufacturing operations is desired. This role will report to the Division Vice-President of Finance and will oversee a team of finance professionals, while also serving on the Business Unit's leadership team.
What will you do?
CORE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide comprehensive financial leadership, encompassing P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and investment decisions. Lead the annual strategic and financial planning processes, manage month-end closures including reporting, forecasting, and proactive financial management to identify business risks and opportunities for mitigation, ensuring predictable financial outcomes! Drive detailed & standardized financial reporting and business metrics to support sound investment decisions, profitable growth, and financial accountability. Prioritize investments effectively to drive return on capital, collaborate with world-wide commercial teams to maintain pricing discipline and achieve share gain, conduct detailed analytics to efficiently manage middle-of-the-P&L (OCOGS), and ensure attainment of R&D project business cases to enhance shareholder value.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP & COLLABORATION: Build, lead, mentor, and develop a diverse global team, from Analysts to Senior Finance Managers. Offer exceptional financial and strategic support to the V.P./General Manager and other members of the Business Unit leadership team, collaborating effectively with all other functions. Work closely with ICSP global commercial sales, manufacturing operations, marketing, HR, R&D, and IT teams to drive enhancements in pricing, sales strategies, market entry, new product introductions, business solutions, and manufacturing operations. Foster an environment that both challenges and supports with mentorship and strategic insights. Adopt continuous improvement mentality and PPI (Practical Process Improvement) principles, welcoming external perspectives that progress the finance organization's agenda.
STATUTORY COMPLIANCE: Ensure compliance and accounting-controllership are integrated into business decisions, in line with company policies, US GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Provide finance leadership for the global Business Unit sites and provide statutory reporting oversight.
How you will get here:
Requirements: Bachelor's degree, plus 8 year's experience in progressive finance in complex global organizations, including management roles. Advanced degree is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree, plus 8 year's experience in progressive finance in complex global organizations, including management roles. Advanced degree is a plus.
- Consistent record delivering outstanding results and getting results beyond the finance function.
- Outstanding leadership, communication, confident and mature manager, and business partner
- Ability to effectively lead and implement ideas in a matrix environment and across functional and global business reporting structures.
- Prior experience with manufacturing operations a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Outstanding analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Strong communication skills, both spoken and written, with all levels of management.
- Strong systems and analytic capabilities including HFM and Power BI.
- Must possess a strong set of personal and business values aligned with our 4i values.
- Fluent in English
- Ability to travel domestic and internationally ~25%.
We offer an excellent salary and benefits package.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $174,600.00–$232,800.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A 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 paid time off (PTO), 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, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree, plus 8 years experience in progressive finance in complex global organizations, including management roles
- Outstanding leadership and communication skills
- Strong systems and analytic capabilities including HFM and Power BI
- Prior experience with manufacturing operations
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 — The package includes a 401(k) with a strong company match and an employee stock purchase plan, which are viewed as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Starting paid time off around three weeks, along with paid holidays, sick time, bereavement, volunteer time, and options to add more, is consistently highlighted as a strength.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus additional bonding time, together with adoption/fertility assistance and childcare benefits, provides robust family support.
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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