Sr Financial Analyst - FP&A

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Park, Dumfries, Scotland
Mid level
Biotech
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
The Role
The Senior FP&A Financial Analyst will collaborate with senior leaders to analyze financial data, prepare reports, and forecast business performance. Responsibilities include leading forecasting processes, managing analytical reports, and building effective reporting tools. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, advanced Excel proficiency, and the ability to work in a dynamic environment.
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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Position Summary:

Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Senior FP&A Financial Analyst. In this role, you will collaborate with senior leaders to analyze data, prepare financial reports, and forecast business performance. Reporting to the Senior FP&A Manager for CSD, you will also work closely with the LSG Emerging Markets Business. We are looking for someone with strong business sense, a passion for data analytics, and the ability to thrive in a complex, highly-matrixed environment.

Our FP&A team plays a meaningful role in helping Thermo Fisher to achieve our mission: enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer! We need your expertise in supporting the collection, analysis, and management of quantitative financial data in a fast-paced environment as we build information to support business decisions!

What you will do:

  • Lead on the forecasting, planning, and analysis processes to support commercial business partners and partner at a senior leadership level - collating information, challenging numbers and distilling key points to summarise back to partners.
  • Build, distribute, and manage a complete set of standard and custom analytical and financial reports, including revenue forecasts, for senior leaders and global commercial needs.
  • Apply automation and continuous innovation in your field to improve business processes, creating effective reporting tools for finding opportunities to cut costs and boost efficiency.
  • Business partnering with key internal collaborators and providing commercial support to functional teams as needed.
  • As an analyst, remain agile and able to prioritize and provide level-headed guidance, even during unexpected events.

Who we are looking for:

  • Advanced Excel proficiency is essential, with experience in Cognos, Power BI, or SQL preferred.
  • Proven financial abilities, including familiarity with concepts of forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, as well as root cause data interpretation.
  • Highly analytical and curious, possessing a strong business sense
  • Great teammate with strong work ethics, customer-focused and deeply connected to the company's values.
  • Combining professional proficiency with an ability to develop new insights and creative solutions; you also have a track record of implementing these successfully.
  • Organised multitasker, prioritising workload and enabling you to deliver on time while achieving results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • A proactive approach to problem-solving and the ability to adapt to constantly evolving situations.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and partners.
  • University-level qualification in Finance, Business, Statistics, Economics, or Maths preferred, or 3+ years' experience in an FP&A or commercially facing role is preferred.
  • Ability to commute to one of our offices

What We Offer:

  • The role offers regular exposure to Senior Leadership.
  • Good development and progression opportunities.
  • Diverse and inclusive work environment.
  • Annual bonus and attractive benefits.
  • Company community groups and onsite events.
  • Onsite gym to support your physical well-being.
  • Active community groups that foster a collaborative and inclusive environment.
  • Regular onsite events to engage and connect with your colleagues.

Top Skills

Cognos
Excel
Power BI
SQL
The Company
HQ: Waltham, MA
100,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace

What We Do

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 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, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team 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, Patheon and PPD.

Why Work With Us

You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.

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