Senior Finance Analyst

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

This business-critical role will report to Southeast Asia FP&A Manager, located in Singapore. Key responsibilities are partnering with Southeast Asia internal stakeholders in the region to drive profitable organic growth, managing full P&L and standard FP&A workstream including OPEX/OCOGS and Headcount forecast, monthly and quarterly business review, annual operations plan, long terms strategic plan, and ad hoc analysis and projects.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
(1)     Support SEA financial reporting and analysis

• Lead strategic plan ("STRAP"), annual operating plan ("AOP) and weekly / monthly / quarterly forecasting, business reviews and reporting process. Build templates to facilitate efficient and effective planning, reconciliation and reviews.
• Collaborate with commercial sales, country and regional division finance teams to support business reviews / submissions requirements around P&L and sales effectiveness metrics
• Analyze and manage full P&L with technical accounting requirements spanning 5 divisions across SEA as well as alternate channel (India/Korea/Taiwan)
• Work closely with accounting, IT and commercial team to troubleshoot and drive accurate reporting across all P&L elements while providing support to services team
• Work with Accounting and operational teams to manage working capital metrics (i.e. DSO, DOS) involving receivables and inventories, where applicable.
• Calculate and work cross-functionally to support quarterly Sales Commission accrual and payout
• Leverage financial reporting systems to extract data or build dashboards, as well as perform uploads into Hyperion Planning tool for forecast and budgeting purposes.
• Proactively identify areas of process improvements

 
(2) Business partner with commercial team to drive growth and deliver on commitments

• Understand the business, track and analyze monthly forecasts vs actuals for headcount, operating expenses, COGS, backlog, bookings and revenue by business units or product lines
• Provide financial insights to support STRAP, MBR and AOP cycles
• Analyze funnels in Salesforce.com (SFDC) to support forecast roll-ups, assess opportunity pipeline, review win-loss ratios and drive funnel health with commercial leader.
• Communicate key risks and opportunities, identify corrective actions and interlock with commercial business partners and functional leaders to meet/exceed growth targets
• Manage pricing analysis, identify drivers for price erosion and actions to improve on price realization
• Partner with commercial to drive balanced and profitable growth across divisions' portfolio

(3) Strong ability to work across the matrix structure

• Possess strong interpersonal skills, with ability to work in and influence a complex matrix structure across divisions, functions and countries.
• Willing to take lead to resolve financial related issues across functions to improve financial accuracy
• Uphold compliance and keep commercial teams aware / in line with company and accounting guidelines, especially in relation to deal structure and transactions with customers.
• Participate actively and be the voice of Finance, supporting commercial Sales and collaborating across functions to drive business results.

 
WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR?

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance or equivalent
• At least 5-8 years of progressive experience in MNC services finance, commercial finance or FP&A
• Full P&L management capabilities, including bookings, revenue, COGS, Opex, Headcount, Capex & Working Capital (DOS & DSO)
• Accounting background and experience in SAP
• Comfortable working with senior management with strong business partnering skills
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities with advanced Excel skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication, with good interpersonal skills
• Adaptable and able to work under pressure, in a complex matrix environment
• Self-motivated and a keen learner with an inquisitive mind
• Good teammate who is hands-on, organized, meticulous and able to work with ambiguity
• Applied knowledge of various ERP, reporting systems (e.g. Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Planning, Oracle, SAP, etc.) and business tools (e.g. SFDC, Power BI) would be an advantage
• Experience on FP&A for services would be an advantage