Thermo Fisher Scientific
Financial Accountant – Regional Balance Sheet & Process Excellence
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The role focuses on ensuring balance sheet integrity, driving process improvements, supporting audits, and developing analytics dashboards across EMEA entities.
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Overview
Are you a proactive and technically strong Financial Accountant looking to make a real impact? The EMEA Controllership Team need your expertise to ensure balance sheet integrity and drive process improvements across 70 entities in our region. This role combines financial control and commitment to improvement to enhance reconciliations, analytics, and engagement!
Key Responsibilities
- Dive deep into periodic balance sheet reviews and flux analysis across EMEA entities to ensure accurate reporting and resolve discrepancies quickly.
- Utilize your strong ERP expertise (E1 and SAPD50) and HFM to support reviews and identify automation opportunities to enhance internal controls.
- Be the go-to expert for asset-related areas of the balance sheet, including accounts receivable, cash and bank, fixed assets, leases, and inventory.
- Drive SOX compliance initiatives by identifying process gaps and implementing corrective actions.
- Develop and improve analytics dashboards for insights and decision-making using GeneAI and PowerBI.
- Collaborate with GBS and FP&A teams to implement best practices for accurate reporting.
- Continuously enhance existing processes through automation and simplification.
- Support annual statutory and SOX audits and the Legal Entity Rationalization process.
- Take on ad-hoc tasks as needed!
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Qualified finance professional (CPA, ACCA, or equivalent) with strong technical accounting knowledge.
- Proven expertise in balance sheet reconciliations and financial control across multiple entities.
- Skilled in JDE E1, SAPD50, HFM, Coupa, Concur, and knowledgeable in finance process cycles (order-to-invoice, cash and bank, fixed assets, inventory).
- Experience in developing dashboards and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel, or equivalent).
- Effective communicator who can build trust and alignment across teams.
- Proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and solution-focused, comfortable working in complex environments.
- Passionate about continuous improvement and capable of driving end-to-end process transformation.
Employee Benefits
- Limited staff benefits available due to fixed contract.
- Annual leave based on location.
Top Skills
Concur
Coupa
E1
Excel
Geneai
Hfm
Power BI
Sapd50
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