Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
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.