Thermo Fisher Scientific · 23 hours ago
Senior Accountant - Reporting
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$94K/yr - $141K/yr
4+ years expThermo Fisher Scientific is a company focused on enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. The Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting role is an opportunity to contribute to the new accounting organization by ensuring accuracy and integrity in financial reporting and supporting financial close procedures.
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Responsibilities
Support the corporate close process, including preparation and review of journal entries, rollforwards, account reconciliations, and variance analyses across more than 10 entities
Collaborate with regional finance teams to guarantee adherence to group reporting schedules and accounting policies
Establish new Intercompany relationships and set up accurate eliminations as sites move into Thermo Fisher systems
Work with E&Y to supervise the settlement process that will last through the 24-month TSA (Transition Services Agreement) period across 25 entities
Support external and internal audits by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and documentation
Participate in ERP integrations as the business exits the TSA, including onboarding new entities and transitioning accounting tasks to the shared service center
Support ad-hoc internal, group, and corporate requests as needed
Challenge current processes to identify improvement opportunities
Work closely with key business partners to identify and mitigate issues impeding the achievement of business goals
Ensure business transactions continue to be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, policies, and SOX controls
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting (preferred), with 4-6 years of progressive accounting experience
Strong expertise in General Ledger (GL) accounting and month-end close processes, preferably within a large, complex organizational environment
Experience with large-scale ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or NetSuite
Demonstrated analytical skills to solve complex problems and address a variety of variables in situations with limited standardization
Ability to read, interpret, and apply written guidelines, directions, and correspondence accurately
Strong organizational skills to effectively balance priorities, handle workload, and complete projects on time
Highly organized and diligent, with refined time management abilities
Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal direction
Benefits
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
The world leader in serving science To serve science, Thermo Fisher Scientific needs to stay ahead of it, we need to anticipate customer needs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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