Senior Manager, Finance at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Job Description

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Specialty Diagnostics Commercial Leader for South Africa to drive top line growth in the Business Unit
• Pro-actively analyze data trends, making and driving improvements in execution with the management team; and present business issues to management and propose actions.
• Provide and business assessment information to make business decisions (e.g. product line profitability, pricing, promotions, rebates, and customer profitability). Improve on tools used by management to run business.
• Responsible to provide timely, accurate and reporting to the leadership and partners as requested and as required to ensure business issues are communicated and acted upon in a timely manner.
• Identify, communicate, and recommend/implement actions
• Case preparation and analysis/justifications of investment projects and customer contract proposals for larger/more projects as assigned. Includes modeling to ensure prioritisation and return on investment.
• Analyze the global information of the Business Unit and boost in the evaluation of alternatives to drive growth
• Assist in the development and preparation of strategic plan, budget, forecasts, and monthly results
• Drive improvement and standardization in reporting within the Business Unit.  Understand key Business Unit operating metrics (price realization, volume performance, SMG&A spending, etc.) and measure performance to the established metrics.
• Perform projects and ad-hoc financial reporting as required
• Align with financial statutory requirements and in accordance with South African law
• Lead all aspects of audits (internal & external), collaborated closely with auditors and implement actions
• Compile South African Reserve Bank (SARB) & STATS SA regulatory reports

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• The successful candidate is personable, highly and thrives in a collaborative environment.  They have excellent, open, and proactive communication capabilities, identifying and addressing issues via an open dialog.
• Possess strong leadership skills and outstanding analytical and problem solving abilities
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Self motivated with high bias for action
• Track record of developing important relationships at all levels within an organization – at both the business unit and divisional/group level, and can operate effectively in a matrix reporting structure.
• High level of energy; can bring a passion to excel.  Able to energize and influence a wide spectrum of people, including senior financial and operational professionals. 
• Possess a strong set of personal and business values that coincide with those of the 4Is. 
• Believes in and demands accountability.
• Ability to thrive and lead in a sophisticated, global business environment.

Job Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in Finance or Accounting is required; an MBA is helpful.  Should possess excellent academic credentials, a strong proficiency in financial analysis, as well as a technical foundation in accounting. 
• The successful candidate will be a well-rounded finance professional with a focus. They should have a minimum of 8 years of dynamically responsible business experience.  Experience in a multi-site, global manufacturing organization is desired.  
• Solid understanding of Excel (i.e., financial models and analysis), Cognos reporting tool (or equivalent), PowerPoint, and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) is required.
• The successful candidate should expect travel of up to 20%.