Summary
Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Financial Analyst II to support BioA Finance and the organization’s near- and long-term financial objectives. The role focuses on FP&A planning, analysis, reporting, data investigation, dashboard development, and improving data quality and analytics capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Analyze transactional / operational data, identify anomalies, recommend accruals / reversals to ensure accurate reporting
- Develop, standardize, and improve regular analyses and reports to share business and financial insights on sponsor performance
- Build and update dashboards, PowerPoint and other business intelligence tools by data-mining in various systems
- Independently investigate data issues and/or information given, ask pertinent questions and identify root causes, collaborate with functional business partners and system support to improve data quality
- Proactively learn and adopt new systems and tools to improve analytics capability and accuracy
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of relevant experience
- Proficient user of systems (Power BI, AI, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in a concise and effective manner
- Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work
- Ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines and multi-task in deadline driven environment
- Good understanding of business processes and operations & financial controls, able to identify control weaknesses in existing process and recommend mitigation actions
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of relevant experience
- Proficient user of systems (Power BI, AI, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in a concise and effective manner
- Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work
- Ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines and multi-task in deadline driven environment
- Good understanding of business processes and operations & financial controls, able to identify control weaknesses in existing process and recommend mitigation actions
Benefits
- Remote work in North Carolina