Operations Finance Analyst II

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Juneau, AK

Full-time - Mid Level

Juneau, AK

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future. As an Operations Finance Analyst II, you will contribute to the achievement of financial and business objectives through accurate and timely financial analysis and reporting. You will work cross-functionally with operations, commercial finance, and finance to resolve issues related to revenue, costs, contract values, billing, balance sheet management, financial reporting, financial tools, and processes. This role requires a strong analytical mindset and the ability to manage multiple tasks while delivering high-quality results. You will be responsible for administering the daily financial management of a moderately complex project portfolio and/or special assignments, ensuring that all financial processes are followed and optimized for efficiency. In this position, you will analyze budget to actual data on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, prepare payment schedules, perform regular reconciliations, and create financial tools and dashboards. You will also coordinate with other staff to ensure timely invoicing and collection of amounts due, while supporting management in assessing and minimizing financial risks. Your role will involve presenting data analysis and financial models to leadership, serving as a mentor to team members, and contributing to the overall financial health of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Administers the daily financial management of a moderately complex project portfolio and/or special assignments.
• Identifies and resolves issues related to contract modifications, contract values, and contract deliverables.
• Performs analysis of budget to actual data on monthly, quarterly, and annual bases and for revenue calculations and forecasting.
• Prepares payment schedules/invoice back-ups and/or processes invoices maintaining cash neutrality.
• Performs regular reconciliations and analysis of revenues and billing on a project and company level.
• Creates trackers, financial tools, dashboards and provides technical solutions by manipulating large datasets and compiling data.
• Analyzes cost assignments, ensuring that all assigned projects adhere to accepted cost accounting standards.
• Coordinates and supervises deliverables of assigned projects and manages outcomes to corporate targets.
• Tracks, maintains and/or interprets project information and budgets within the project accounting system.
• Participates in reviewing and development of financial reports, tools, systems, policies and processes in support of financial management process and improved efficiency.
• Coordinates with other staff to ensure sponsors are invoiced in a timely and accurate manner, all amounts are collected, and any remaining final balances are appropriately cleared.
• Supports management in assessing and minimizing the risk on revenue and gross profit and/or balances associated with assigned balance sheet accounts and/or financial processes and tools.
• Interacts with leadership through the presentation of database extracts and datasets, tools, models, data analysis, and dashboards.
• Serves as a mentor and lead for team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years).
• Ability to function as an effective and respected partner to internal clients.
• Proven ability to adapt quickly to new systems and processes.
• Confidence to handle sensitive information and make sound recommendations.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks while still delivering high quality results.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills and ability to handle data effectively.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project administration skills.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data.
• Previous experience with SharePoint/VBA/SQL/Power BI/RPA (comparable to 1+ years) will be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of accounting/financial principles and regulations/legal requirements; for roles with more accounting focus, a professional accounting qualification - ACCA/CPA/CIMA or equivalent will be an advantage.