Job Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – To enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.
Our colleagues in corporate strive for excellence in every task, at every moment. We are game-changers seeking improvements to processes and more efficient ways of working or adapting to changing financial and industry environments. We are currently looking for a Finance Analyst to join our Team in Manila.
Finance Analyst contributes to the achievement of financial and business objectives through accurate and timely financial analysis and reporting. Works cross-functionally with operations, commercial finance, and finance to resolve issues related to any of the following: revenue, costs, contract values, billing, balance sheet management, financial reporting, financial tools and processes.
- Administers the daily financial management of project portfolio and/or special assignments.
- Identifies issues related to contract modifications, contract values, and contract deliverables.
- Performs analysis of budget to actual data on monthly, quarterly, and annual bases and for revenue calculations and forecasting; and/or prepares payment schedules/invoice back-ups and/or process invoices maintaining cash neutrality; and/or performs regular reconciliations and analysis of revenues and billing on a project and company level; and/or creates trackers, financial tools, dashboards and provides technical solutions by manipulating large datasets and compiling data.
- Analyzes cost assignments, ensuring that all assigned projects adhere to accepted cost accounting standards.
- Coordinates and supervises deliverables of assigned projects and manages outcomes to corporate targets.
- Tracks, maintains and/or interpret project information and budgets within the project accounting system; and/or takes part in reviewing and development of financial reports, tools, systems, policies and processes in support of financial management process and improved efficiency.
- Coordinates with other staff to ensure sponsors are invoiced in a timely and accurate manner; all amounts are collected, any remaining final balances are appropriately cleared; and/or the agreed financial processes are followed.
- Supports management in assessing and minimizing the risk on revenue and gross profit and/or balances associated with assigned balance sheet accounts and/or financial processes and tools.
- Interacts with leadership through the presentation of database extracts and datasets, tools, models, data analysis, and dashboards.
Job Complexity and Knowledge: Works on problems of limited scope. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Learns to use professional concepts. Applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues.
Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years).
In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to function as an effective and respected partner to internal clients
- Ability to adapt quickly to new systems and processes
- Confidence to handle sensitive information and make sound recommendations
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks while still delivering high quality results
- Good analytical and quantitative skills and ability to handle data effectively
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational and project administration skills
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data, for roles with more technical focus previous experience with SharePoint / VBA / SQL / Power BI / RPA (comparable to 1+ years) will be an advantage.
- Solid understanding of accounting/financial principles and regulations/legal requirements, for roles with more accounting focus a professional accounting qualification – ACCA / CPA / CIMA or equivalent will be an advantage.
Management Role: No management responsibility
Working Conditions and Environment:
- Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
- Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.
- Long, varied hours may be required.
Physical Requirements:
- Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.
- Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Frequent mobility required.
- Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
- Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
- Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.
- Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.
- Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.
- Regular and consistent attendance.
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