Financial Accountant

**Work Schedule**

Standard (Mon-Fri)

**Environmental Conditions**

Office

Thermo Fisher Scientific has an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and driven qualified Financial Accountant to join the Global Business Services team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a progressive centre of excellence in an organisation considered a global leader in its field.

The position is in the Record to Report (RtR) team of our Global Business Services (GBS) Shared Service Centre. The team provides financial controllership in the region for three of the Thermo Fisher Scientific groups - Clinical Research Group (CRG), Life Sciences and Laboratory Products Group (LSLPG), Special Diagnostics Group (SDG) and Analytical Instruments Group (AIG). We are responsible for a large number of entities reporting a total of over $10 Billion of revenue per year.

**Responsibilities**:

- Own the US GAAP end to end financials across a number of North America legal entities
- Analyse profit and loss account and balance sheet trends and variances
- Perform review and approval activities at month end, including high risk journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Review general ledger activity, researching and correcting account discrepancies
- Perform balance sheet deep dives and present outcomes to customers
- Key point of contact for internal customers
- Oversee the timeliness of financial reporting for the North America region
- Run monthly business reviews with customers
- Proactively participate in PPI (Practical Process Improvement) initiatives, including Gemba Walks, Just Do Its, Kaizen events, and daily Tier management
- Complete a variety of special projects as and when requested

**Minimum Requirements/Qualifications**:

- Qualified Accountant (CPA, CPI)
- Able to organise and prioritise multiple complex situations
- Accuracy is required in performing all aspects of the role
- High level of proactivity to drive continuous improvement
- Deep technical accounting expertise
- Strong investigative, analytical and problem solving skills
- Comfortable communicating with and presenting to various customers
- Solid understanding of US GAAP (Desired but not crucial)
- Excellent interpersonal skills to interact at various levels inside and outside the organisation
- Proficient in MS Excel

Working knowledge of ERPs