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OfficeJob Description
ImmunoDiagnostics Division (IDD)
Portage, MI
Company Information
The ImmunoDiagnostics Division (IDD), a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood test systems supporting the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy and autoimmune diseases. Operating on the Phadia Laboratory Systems platform, IDD delivers productivity and cost efficiencies to laboratories globally. This position is based in Portage, MI, the U.S. headquarters for IDD.
How You Will Make an Impact
As a senior finance leader within IDD, the Senior Manager, Accounting & Finance provides strategic financial leadership and operational oversight across accounting, financial planning & analysis, and Travel & Expense (T&E). This role partners closely with commercial and functional leaders to drive disciplined financial management, informed decision-making, and continuous improvement aligned with Thermo Fisher’s Mission.
The Senior Manager serves as the functional owner of North America accounting operations and financial planning processes, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and transparency while proactively identifying risks and opportunities in a growth-oriented environment.
This role manages three direct reports (Senior Financial Analyst, Senior Accountant, and T&E supervisor) and one indirect report, with responsibility to scale the organization as business complexity evolves.
What You Will Do
1. Financial & Business Leadership
- Serve as a strategic finance partner to divisional leadership, providing insights that drive operational and commercial decision-making.
- Lead the annual operating plan (AOP), STRAP, forecasts, and long-range planning processes.
- Translate financial performance into actionable business recommendations.
- Proactively identify risks, opportunities, and cost improvement initiatives.
- Provide executive-ready reporting and financial narratives to support leadership discussions.
2. Accounting & Financial Control Ownership
- Own the integrity and accuracy of all general ledger accounting and financial reporting.
- Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring adherence to strict corporate deadlines.
- Oversee reconciliation to corporate systems (HFM/CMR, PLN) and ensure alignment between local and corporate reporting.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX controls, and Thermo Fisher policies.
- Supervise all internal and external financial and tax audits.
- Maintain strong internal control frameworks and continuously improve financial governance.
3. FP&A & Forecasting Leadership
- Oversee forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling activities.
- Review operating metrics and financial KPIs to proactively communicate forecast accuracy and goal attainment.
- Monitor and manage expense trends, providing clear visibility into spend and outlook.
- Perform analytics on company spending and provide recommendations to optimize resource allocation.
- Drive improvements in forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency.
4. Travel & Expense (T&E) and Accounts Payable Oversight
- Provide leadership and governance over the T&E function.
- Ensure policy compliance, reporting accuracy, and process efficiency.
- Monitor spend trends and identify cost control opportunities.
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure alignment with global standards.
5. Team Leadership & Talent Development
- Directly manage:
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Senior Accountant
- T&E Lead
- Provide coaching, development planning, and performance management.
- Ensure workload balance, prioritization, and cross-training within the team.
- Build a scalable team structure to support evolving business needs.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
6. Operational Excellence & Systems Expertise
- Act as divisional subject matter expert for corporate financial systems (HFM/CMR, PLN, SAP, Navision).
- Drive automation and system enhancements to improve efficiency and control.
- Lead process documentation, backup planning, and cross-functional process improvements.
- Strengthen financial data tracking and reporting capabilities.
Scope & Impact
- Manages direct reports (professional and management level employees), with potential to expand.
- Owns U.S. accounting operations and financial planning processes.
- Oversees general ledger, intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Responsible for financial governance and audit readiness.
- Influences financial performance and strategic decision-making across the division.
Key Success Factors
- Deep expertise in GAAP, technical accounting, internal controls, and financial governance.
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
- Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, global organization.
- Advanced analytical skills with ability to translate data into insights.
- High bias for action and continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong executive-level communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities within financial calendar constraints.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- CPA preferred.
- 8+ years progressive accounting and finance experience.
- 3+ years leadership experience managing professional-level staff.
- Strong experience with corporate reporting systems (HFM/CMR, PLN, SAP).
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
- Master's degree
- CPA
- 8+ years progressive accounting and finance experience
- 3+ years leadership experience managing professional-level staff
- Strong experience with corporate reporting systems (HFM/CMR, PLN, SAP)
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
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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