Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Business Job Title: Manager, Finance
Internal Job Title: Manager, Finance - Ottawa Operations
Reports To: Sr. Finance Manager NAM Operations
Group/Division: SDG/MBD
Career Band: 7
Job Track: Professional
Position Location: Ottawa, Canada
Number of Direct Reports: 0
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.
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Division/Group Summary:
The Microbiology Division (MBD) helps Thermo Fisher achieve its Mission by enabling human health care. We innovate with purpose, and we are focused on improving clinicians' abilities to diagnose infection and enabling informed decision-making, better care, and faster answers at every point along the individual's health care journey.
Position Summary/ How you will make an impact:
Based out of our Ottawa, Canada Facility, this role will hold responsibility for both factory operations and distribution supporting $25M+ of revenue.
You will be an integral part of the operations leadership team, partnering with supply chain, sourcing, site operations, and operational improvement leaders to develop and drive critical metrics.
What to expect:
- Develop annual budget and periodic forecast requirements for Ottawa factory & distribution. Identify business risks and mitigating opportunities to enable the delivery of financial targets.
- Drive effective prioritization and value achievement on investments required to deliver on critical operations strategies and Corporate funded initiatives, including CAPEX processes.
- Apply continuous improvement that allows the team to embrace outside/in thinking that advances the organization's agenda.
- Lead critical initiatives across multiple functions and locations to improve operations profitability and achieve/outperform AOP goals.
- Provide strategic financial partnership and direction to the operations team, optimizing profit margins including complexity reduction, sourcing, productivity, overhead cost management, inventory risk management and capital optimization.
- Support development and implementation of outstanding manufacturing strategies that will create clear advantage and improve customer experience.
- Lead internal and external audit and work with management to develop remediation plans.
- Ensure all finance controllership activities are carried out in compliance to policies and US GAAP
- Ad hoc projects as required
How you will get here:
Education - Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance field
Experience - 5+ years of relevant working experience
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Prior experience in Manufacturing Must.
- Strong analytical and data gathering skills. Attention to detail and consistently delivering high quality work
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and tight time demands
- Excellent skills with MS Excel are required; HFM, and SAP Production) are preferred
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Strong team building skills and the shown ability to work with a diverse group of people even if geographically dispersed
- Self-motivated, higher level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done
- Continuous Improvement approach: Identify process and control gaps and champion improvement initiatives through Practical Process Improvement (PPI)
- Exhibit leadership, initiative, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4-I values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
Travel requirements:
- Less than 10% domestic/international travel required
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.