Accounting Manager

Work Schedule Standard Office Hours (40/wk) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Accountant at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will contribute to financial accuracy and business success for a global leader in serving science. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting while maintaining strong internal controls. This position offers excellent opportunities for growth and development within a Fortune 500 company that enables customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. You will manage monthly close processes, prepare and review complex journal entries, conduct detailed account reconciliations, and perform variance analysis. Your technical accounting expertise will be instrumental in providing guidance on revenue recognition, intercompany transactions, and compliance with US GAAP and SOX requirements. You will also support audit activities, implement process improvements, and serve as a key liaison between finance teams and corporate stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS

• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in a corporate environment or public accounting firm

Preferred Fields of Study:

Accounting, Finance, or related business field

• CPA certification preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with ERP systems (SAP, JD Edwards/E1, Oracle)
• Experience with financial reporting tools (Hyperion, HFM, BlackLine)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication abilities for collaborating with stakeholders at all levels
• Experience with month-end close processes and financial statement preparation
• Knowledge of intercompany transactions and profit elimination accounting
• Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple deadlines
• Project management and process improvement capabilities
• Experience identifying and implementing efficiency improvements
• Bilingual skills may be required for certain international positions
• Strong knowledge of

US GAAP, SOX

compliance, and internal controls Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $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. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.