Work Schedule
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OfficeJob Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact. Our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. With revenues of more than $40 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow as part of the world leader serving science.
Location/Division Specific Information
This Director Finance role has oversight for the end-to-end financial management of our Ion Chromatography Sample Prep (ICSP) business unit. It is a global portfolio-based business unit, serving a broad range of industries. This position is based in Sunnyvale, California, where the chosen candidate will be co-located at least 4-days/week to enable in-person teamwork & leadership.
How will you make an impact?
We are in search of a Director of Finance who will collaborate with the Vice President/General Manager to strategically distribute capital to continue to stimulate growth and enhance profitability. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of excellence in strategic capital allocation aligned with competitive positioning of the product-portfolio, consistent P&L management by understanding detailed drivers and proactively aligning organization to achieve financial outcomes, building interpersonal trust and partnerships, and attracting, retaining, and cultivating talent. Experience with manufacturing operations is desired. This role will report to the Division Vice-President of Finance and will oversee a team of finance professionals, while also serving on the Business Unit's leadership team.
What will you do?
CORE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide comprehensive financial leadership, encompassing P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and investment decisions. Lead the annual strategic and financial planning processes, manage month-end closures including reporting, forecasting, and proactive financial management to identify business risks and opportunities for mitigation, ensuring predictable financial outcomes! Drive detailed & standardized financial reporting and business metrics to support sound investment decisions, profitable growth, and financial accountability. Prioritize investments effectively to drive return on capital, collaborate with world-wide commercial teams to maintain pricing discipline and achieve share gain, conduct detailed analytics to efficiently manage middle-of-the-P&L (OCOGS), and ensure attainment of R&D project business cases to enhance shareholder value.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP & COLLABORATION: Build, lead, mentor, and develop a diverse global team, from Analysts to Senior Finance Managers. Offer exceptional financial and strategic support to the V.P./General Manager and other members of the Business Unit leadership team, collaborating effectively with all other functions. Work closely with ICSP global commercial sales, manufacturing operations, marketing, HR, R&D, and IT teams to drive enhancements in pricing, sales strategies, market entry, new product introductions, business solutions, and manufacturing operations. Foster an environment that both challenges and supports with mentorship and strategic insights. Adopt continuous improvement mentality and PPI (Practical Process Improvement) principles, welcoming external perspectives that progress the finance organization's agenda.
STATUTORY COMPLIANCE: Ensure compliance and accounting-controllership are integrated into business decisions, in line with company policies, US GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Provide finance leadership for the global Business Unit sites and provide statutory reporting oversight.
How you will get here:
Requirements: Bachelor's degree, plus 8 year's experience in progressive finance in complex global organizations, including management roles. Advanced degree is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
We offer an excellent salary and benefits package.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $174,600.00–$232,800.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.
All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.