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.
DESCRIPTION:
Join our Finance team at Thermo Fisher Scientific and contribute to our mission to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. As an Accountant I, you'll handle financial operations while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a global environment. You'll have opportunities to enhance processes, ensure compliance, and contribute to the company's continued growth and success through accurate financial management and reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare accounting journal entries for monthly close transactional activities
- Perform balance sheet account reconciliations for general ledger and sub-ledger accounts.
- Processing Intercompany Invoices in a timely and accurate manner resolving any issues
- Review and clear aged intercompany AR items
- Agree intercompany AR balances with appropriate counterparty for month-end close
- Process intercompany netting payments and allocate any payments/receipts on a monthly basis
- Monthly analysis of goods received but not invoiced (GRNI)
- Support resolution of intercompany out of balances
- Support requests from external and internal auditors as well as various groups company-wide
- Participate in process improvement initiatives
- Complete ad-hoc projects as requested
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum 2 yrs of experience in RTR process particularly in Intercompany Accounting • Preferred Fields of Study: Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA) is advantageous
• Proficiency in major ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards) and Microsoft Excel
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, month-end close processes, and financial controls
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities with high attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience with account reconciliations and journal entry preparation
• Strong organizational skills with ability to meet strict deadlines
• Proven ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams
• Experience with financial reporting tools and systems (Hyperion, BlackLine) preferred
Skills Required
- Minimum 2 yrs of experience in RTR process particularly in Intercompany Accounting
- Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA) is advantageous
- Proficiency in major ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards) and Microsoft Excel
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, month-end close processes, and financial controls
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities with high attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience with account reconciliations and journal entry preparation
- Strong organizational skills with ability to meet strict deadlines
- Proven ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams
- Experience with financial reporting tools and systems (Hyperion, BlackLine) preferred
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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