Senior Finance Manager (m/f/d)

Senior Finance Manager (m/f/d)
Job ID: 230108BR

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 of more than 100,000 colleagues 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.

Position Summary:
The Senior Finance Manager (m/f/d) is a key member of the Erlangen site management team responsible for the finance operations activities of $100M site. This individual is the business partner to site operations leader and is accountable for driving factory production targets, operational key performance indicators, delivering productivity goals, and inventory commitments. In addition, this leader will be a key partner to drive annual and long-range planning around strategic operational financial planning.

A Day in the Life:

• Owns the site financial planning and reporting processes, including reporting, forecasts, and annual operating plan.
• Lead operational reporting standard across site and develop robust metrics to proactively address absorption or leakage challenges
• Deliver valuable business analysis and models, as well as define and report meaningful financial and operational metrics that lead accurate business decision-making
• Establish and improve performance metrics to assist with investment evaluation, operational site performance, decision-making with accurate and timely reporting and analysis of data
• Proactively work with the Ops functional leadership to drive SIOP forecast and execution
• Partner with Erlangen site practical process improvement leader and sourcing teams to drive sustainable cost savings and robust saving project pipelines
• Remove barriers to execution across processes and proactively build or adopt operational tools

The Keys to success:

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting
• 7+ years of finance or business partnerships experience
• Experience in a global manufacturing organization
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Strong experience with Excel, PowerPoint. Hyperion Planning experience preferred
• Ability to articulate and demonstrate knowledge of business profit drivers; Understand market forces and impact on business prospects
• Challenge assumptions and identify value creation opportunities
• Highly analytical with strong business and finance operations acumen
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in German and English at every level of the organization.
• Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work. Ability to learn quickly, multi-task in deadline driven environment and complete assignments timely.
• Develop meaningful cross-functional relationships within the business unit and divisional functions; Individual can operate and influence in a global matrixed reporting structure.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and strong work ethic to get the job done
• Continuous improvement approach; identify process and control gaps and champion improvement initiatives

What we offer:

• Employment with an innovative, future-oriented organisation

• Outstanding career and development prospects

• Company pension scheme and other fringe benefits

• Exciting company culture which stands for integrity, intensity, involvement and innovation

If you are interested, please apply online with your CV and Motivation Letter including possible start date and salary expectations.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or any other legally protected status.

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