Manager, Accounting Operations

GBS RTR Accounting Operations Manager

Reporting to the Global Business Services (GBS) Accounting Operations Senior Manager, the position will play a lead role in the GBS Accounting Operations team of the Thermo Fisher Scientific groups supported out of the Centre. The role requires deep understanding of operational finance end to end processes. It must provide a high standard of business partnering to the Global Financial Accounting team, the GBS Enablement teams, and Accounting Operations teams located in other GBS centres. The manager will be responsible for a number of direct reports, so will require an experienced people leader. The successful candidate must be prepared to take ownership of the Accounting Operations activities under the team's remit, ensuring the team works collaboratively at pace, and delivers timely US GAAP reporting results. They must be assured at working in a large multi-national; complex structure, with the ability to prioritise and follow through in a fast-paced, multi-task environment. Key to the role will be the ability to execute on continuous improvement, bringing others on the journey through strong influencing skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Accounting Operations team in the GBS RtR team.
• Apply Leader Standard Work to manage, coach, motivate and develop this team of finance professionals, leading and driving a performance and customer first culture
• Accountable for ensuring that all RtR Accounting Operations activities in these teams are completed to quality standards expected, and delivered timely
• Use Tier Daily Management to ensure that all problems are highlighted for resolution
• Ensure all financial compliance and (SOX) control measures required of this team are executed without exception
• Deliver operational excellence through KPI improvement
• Prepare RtR performance reviews to present to GBS Senior Leaders
• Promote and drive PPI culture in the teams, taking accountability for the annual productivity targets

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant, or qualified by experience
• Deep Accounting Operations knowledge
• Management level people leader experience
• Experience working in a large corporate environment, with outstanding organisational skills
• High level of proactivity to drive continuous improvement
• Ability to drive growth through excellent decision making

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $35 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 90,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon.