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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. The Thermo Fisher Finance community offers growth opportunities across the world with a wide range of positions including Commercial Finance, Operations Finance, FP&A, Controllership, and Global Business Support. Finance professionals seeking to play drive financial strategy and business outcomes via strong business partnership and an extensive network of strong leaders and a career development focused culture. Microbiology Division business within Specialty Diagnostics Group, which offers rapid identification and targeted treatment for disease, food safety serving Global markets. With 150 years' experience in microbiology our products provide customers with high performance, quality products that they can depend on.
DESCRIPTION
How you will make an impact:
We are seeking a Senior Accountant – Tax Specialist within the controllership structure to support the MBD business by ensuring tax compliance, strengthening internal controls, and driving process improvements. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in Sales and Use Tax, Property tax, and other corporate taxes to ensure compliance and accurate timely filings of tax returns in alignment with US GAAP and local reporting requirements. You will partner with finance and business teams to mitigate risk, improve processes, and support strategic decision-making.
What you will do:
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation and filing of Sales and Use, and Property Tax returns
- Monitor and ensure compliance with US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and company policies
- Partner with site teams across North America and EMEA to meet local tax requirements and resolve tax-related issues
- Support internal and external audits, including documentation and audit responses
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance tax controls and operational efficiency
- Utilize financial systems and tools to strengthen compliance, reporting accuracy, and data integrity
- Collaborate cross-functionally to assess tax risks and support business initiatives
- Provide tax-related analysis and decision support to finance and business stakeholders
- Lead and support monthly close activities including journal entries, accruals, reporting, and reconciliations
- Integrate into the wider controllership structure supporting the wider team and businesses as required
- Perform other ad-hoc duties as needed
REQUIREMENTS
How you will get here:
- An undergraduate degree in Business, Finance or Accounting is preferred
- Minimum of 5+ years' experience in tax or accounting, with exposure to Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax
- Sales and Use tax filing experience (non-negotiable)
- Global tax exposure is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Taxware/Webtool Kit, Blackline) is a plus
Travel requirements: Less than 25% domestic/international travel required
Location: Lenexa, KS
This position is not approved for Relocation Assistance.
Skills Required
- An undergraduate degree in Business, Finance or Accounting
- Minimum of 5+ years' experience in tax or accounting
- Sales and Use tax filing experience
- Global tax exposure
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Taxware)
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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