What will you do?
Lead the Record to Report (RtR) team, responsible for ensuring compliance and accuracy, driving operational performance, and providing strategic guidance and direction.
- Oversee operations, including US GAAP reporting, intercompany transactions, and cash accounting activities.
- Develop and lead a high-performing team in an expanding accounting organization ensuring the successful execution of RtR processes and related accounting functions.
- Design and implement ways to transform, streamline, and simplify the operation.
- Act as a Business Partner to the Global Thermo Fisher Scientific Finance organization and other business customers.
- Play a key role in the transformation of the financial processes and enhancing the value to our customers.
- Understand the functionality, interfaces, and interdependencies of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s financial processes and systems and ensuring the existence of adequate internal controls where required.
- Find opportunities for continuous process improvement and propose innovative solutions to drive efficiency and meet our productivity targets.
- Supervise the implementation of complex projects and issue resolution. Work collaboratively with customers to complete approved projects.
- Support the Internal and External audits and SOX compliance.
How will you get here?
- Proven leadership experience in managing Record to Report (RtR) functions within a large organization.
- Advanced degree and Professional Qualification in accounting or finance with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
- Strong relevant work experience in a finance role with hands-on experience in providing financial analysis and important metric leadership to drive key business decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and lead teams, with experience overseeing finance operations and projects.
- Strong communication skills with ability to work with key members of the corporate executive team and the finance leadership team.
- Strong eye for business and ability to drive process implementation in an ambiguous environment.
- Ability to make assumptions, identify trends, incorporate external and internal information, and effectively benchmark results against appropriate baselines.
- Willingness to dive into details to find answers and solve problems when needed.
- Track record of developing relevant relationships at all levels within an organization – at both the business unit and divisional level.
- Can operate effectively in a matrix reporting structure.
- High level of energy; can bring a passion to excel. Able to energize and influence a wide spectrum of people, including senior financial and operational professionals.
- Possess a strong set of personal and business values; believes in and demands accountability.
- Ability to thrive and handle in a complex, global business environment.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical thinking, and organizational skills.
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