Financial Analyst III

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Job Description

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Financial Analyst III and be part of an exceptionally dedicated finance team in Ottawa. This is your opportunity to work for a world-class leader in science, ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list, with revenues exceeding $35 billion. Our diverse and globally present Finance functions offer significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. Here, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career!

RSD Canada distributes scientific products in Canada and is looking for a dedicated Analyst to support financial goals.

• Analyze transactional and operational data to identify anomalies, recommend accruals and reversals, ensuring accurate reporting.
• Develop, standardize, and improve analyses and reports to share business and financial insights, supporting monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Build and update dashboards, PowerPoint presentations, and other business intelligence tools through data mining in various systems.
• Independently investigate data issues, ask pertinent questions, identify root causes, and collaborate with functional business partners to improve data quality.
• Collaborate with business partners to generate key assumptions for decision support, conducting ad hoc data analysis to identify business insights.
• Analyze the profitability of products and services, identify P&L drivers, risks, and opportunities, and drive actions.
• Translate business inputs into financial assumptions, building and maintaining forecast models to project future business trends, including revenue, new product launches, pricing, operating expenses, and CAPEX.
• Proactively adopt new systems and tools to improve analytics capability and accuracy.

Primary office located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a Business-related field.

• 3+ years of relevant experience in finance.
• Prior experience in a large global company and highly matrixed organization.

• Proficient user of systems such as SAP, Hyperion, Hyperion Planning, Power BI, Cognos, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to summarize and present information concisely and effectively.
• Attention to detail, consistently delivering high-quality work, with the ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines, and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Good understanding of business processes and operations & financial controls, with the ability to identify control weaknesses and recommend mitigation actions.