Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global company focused on enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer through scientific and healthcare solutions. The Senior Manager of Cost Accounting will lead financial analysts, oversee cost accounting across manufacturing operations, partner with site leadership, and drive financial planning, process optimization, and profitability initiatives.
Responsibilities
- As a Senior Manager of Cost Accounting at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll contribute to financial excellence and operational success across our manufacturing operations
- Leading a team of financial analysts, you'll partner with operations leadership, ensuring financial transparency and accountability while optimizing costs and supporting continuous improvement
- You'll oversee all aspects of cost accounting, including product costing, inventory management, variance analysis, and capital expenditures
- Working closely with site leadership teams, you'll guide financial planning and analysis, facilitate monthly/quarterly business reviews, and implement strategic initiatives to enhance profitability
Skills
- • Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in cost accounting or finance, with proven leadership experience in manufacturing environments
- • Strong expertise in cost accounting principles, GAAP, and financial analysis
- • Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards) and financial applications (Excel, PowerBI, HFM/CMR)
- • Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams
- • Excellence in financial forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and root cause interpretation
- • Strong analytical skills with ability to handle large datasets and deliver accurate reporting
- • Effective communication and presentation abilities to engage stakeholders at all levels
- • Experience in leading month-end close processes, standard costing, and inventory management
- • Demonstrated success in identifying and implementing process improvements
- • Strong business partnering skills with ability to work cross-functionally
- • Self-directed with excellent organizational and time management capabilities
- • Travel may be required
- • Preferred Fields of Study: Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related business field
- • CPA or CMA preferred
- • Experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry preferred
Benefits
- 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.
- 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
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