Senior Financial Analyst - MSD Hillsboro Operations

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Job Description

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you play a critical role in supporting the operations business at the Hillsboro site for the Electron Microscopy business, part of the Material & Structural Analysis division within Thermo Fisher Scientific. You will be an integral member of our operations finance team, ensuring financial integrity, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making. In this dynamic, fast-paced role, you’ll support the production of cutting-edge scanning electron microscopes essential for quality control in the integrated circuit industry. Your expertise will directly contribute to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s position as a global leader in scientific innovation.

Expectations of the role

• Be the business partner to the senior operations managers of 3 Nort American sites: Richardson (TX), Fremont (CA), and Tewksbury (MA), aligning financial goals and operational objectives.
• Drive the annual budgeting (AOP) and monthly forecasting process including reporting through the monthly operation reviews
• Leverage advanced tools, including AI, drive sustainable and scalable data accuracy and reporting capabilities.
• Perform in-depth analysis of production costs, variances, and cost drivers to support data-driven operational decisions.
• Oversee and optimize inventory levels to minimize excess and maximize efficiency by establishing metrics, modeling scenarios, and implementing process improvements.
• Work closely with manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams to streamline workflows, improve productivity, and manage costs with a focus on achieving financial and operational plans.
• Ensure adherence to accounting standards, internal controls, corporate policies, and regulatory requirements in alignment with financial and cost accounting standards.
• Coach and mentor junior team members
• Ad hoc projects based on business needs

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven ability to drive change by partnering with, and influencing, partners and stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Effective spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners
• Strong business sense and ability to think beyond financial implications only
• Financial savvy, including deep familiarity with concepts of forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis, as well as in root cause data interpretation
• Self-motivated, flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal of getting the job done 
• Organized multitasker: workload prioritization, enable the team to meet timelines while achieving results, especially in a fast-paced environment
• Continuous Improvement approach: Identify process and control gaps and champion improvement initiatives through process improvements
• Travel to the 3 sites (up to 25%)

Education/ Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
• Preferred fields of study: Finance or Accounting
• Minimum of 8 years of increasing finance experience supporting financial and business leadership in a global organization.
• Manufacturing, R&D, and/or semiconductor industry experience preferred.
• Experience utilizing data visualization (PowerBI, Tableau, etc), advanced Excel (Power Query, PowerPivot) and AI tools (Alteryx, Copilot, Databricks, etc) are a big plus.