Lead Financial Analyst

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

The Lead Financial Analyst - Finance Systems Integration & Analytics will lead global finance reporting and analytics initiatives across multiple business functions and regions. This role partners closely with Finance, IT, Commercial Operations, and enterprise platform teams to strengthen financial data processes, enhance reporting and analytics capabilities, and ensure ERP data flows accurately into enterprise reporting systems, dashboards, and analytics platforms. The ideal candidate brings experience working across ERP ecosystems, enterprise reporting environments, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions that support operational insights and business decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead finance reporting, analytics, and data integration initiatives supporting business operations and strategic decision-making
• Partner with Finance, IT, Commercial Operations, and business teams to deliver scalable and business-aligned reporting solutions
• Drive initiatives supporting revenue, bookings, backlog reporting, quote-to-cash processes, and financial reporting enhancements
• Support enterprise platforms including ERP systems, CDW, Data Lake, EDP, Hyperion Suite, dashboards, and analytics environments
• Collaborate on system architecture, ERP mappings, data integrations, and reporting structures to support accurate and timely financial reporting
• Ensure ERP and upstream operational data flows accurately into enterprise reporting systems, dashboards, and analytics platforms
• Lead reconciliation, validation, root-cause analysis, and defect resolution activities to ensure data quality and reporting integrity
• Identify and resolve data discrepancies, reporting enhancement opportunities, and business-specific analytics needs
• Lead project activities including requirements gathering, testing coordination, executive reporting, training, change management, and governance
• Manage cross-functional global teams while fostering collaboration, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
• Drive automation, scalability, process optimization, and reporting improvements across finance systems and analytics capabilities

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or related field
• Experience leading enterprise finance systems, ERP integration, and reporting initiatives within a global organization
• Strong understanding of Enterprise system integrations, financial reporting, and data warehouse concepts
• Experience supporting enterprise platforms such as CDW, Data Lake, EDP, Hyperion Suite, or similar analytics and reporting environments
• Knowledge of revenue reporting, bookings and backlog analytics, quote-to-cash processes, and financial data management
• Experience partnering across Finance, IT, Commercial Operations, and business teams to deliver enterprise technology solutions
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and collaborating with global teams across multiple time zones
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced matrixed environment
• Experience supporting testing, change management, and business readiness activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, or other regulated industries
• Familiarity with SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, or related ERP and reporting platforms
• Experience supporting finance transformation, ERP modernization, or enterprise analytics initiatives
• Prior people leadership and team development experience
• PMP, Agile, or related project management certification

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management capabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and business audiences at all organizational levels
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to influence and drive alignment across cross-functional global teams
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability, and operational excellence
• Continuous improvement and solution-oriented mindset
• Strong understanding of enterprise reporting structures, integrations, and financial data flows
• Strong project leadership, organizational, and execution capabilities

Compensation and 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. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• 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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards