Senior Cost Accounting Lead, Finance Projects (m/f/d)

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Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $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, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues 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 and Patheon.  

As one of the largest biotechnology companies in Germany, we research, develop and produce innovative biomarker diagnostics and distribute our products in more than 65 countries. B•R•A•H•M•S is based in Hennigsdorf near Berlin, which is home to about 285 of the company’s 550 employees worldwide. 

How you will make an impact:

The Senior Cost Accounting Lead, Finance Projects (m/f/d) role will be responsible for Cost Accounting and Operations Finance projects within the global finance projects team.

Initially, this role will partner in the Cost Accounting workstream to divest the Microbiology Division (MBD), with a focus on S/4 Hana ERP transformation.  This role will collaborate with stakeholders in Finance, IT, Operations, and Product Data Management. Key project deliverables include enforcing global governance standards, ensuring standard costing excellence, driving best practice data governance standards across a complex, multi-plant matrixed environment, and enabling accurate OCOGS reporting. 

After project completion this role will lead and collaborate on LSG, BPG, SDG, and/or AIG projects, but may also provide support to other Thermo Fisher Groups.

This role will engage with finance leadership at group and division levels to ensure seamless execution of company, group, divisional and functional projects. This position will report to the Director, Finance Projects.

What you will do:

• Support the migration of entities into SAP S/4 Hana, with specific emphasis on migration to the manufacturing module
• Perform data validation and controls testing to ensure automated processes maintain accuracy, completeness, and compliance.  Troubleshoot and resolve issues during setup, testing, and go-live, and post go-live.
• Identify and ensure that business requirements are met within a project 
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues during setup, testing, and go-live, and post go-live
• Provide updates to senior management with focus on decisions, issues, and risks 
• Lead project related change management including communication and training
• Challenge the status quo, proactively identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and automation, and/or collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g. IT, COEs) to standardize processes, drive process improvements, and drive system enhancements 
• Assess and implement opportunities to use AI / machine learning / generative AI tools to improve reporting efficiency, anomaly detection, root-cause analysis, and insight generation.
• Support ad-hoc internal, group, and corporate requests as needed.

How you will get here:

• Education Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business related field Experience
• 5+ years experience in Cost Accounting, Accounting, and Finance
• SAP Cost Accounting experience
• Demonstrates and drives the Thermo Fisher values – Integrity, Intensity, Involvement and Innovation (The Four I’s)
• Experience working in a global, matrixed environment preferred
• Strong team building skills and ability to work with a diverse group of customers in a global-matrixed environment
• Proven track record in attracting, recruiting, developing and retaining high-potential talent
• Self-motivated; bias for action

Travel requirements

• Less than 10% domestic/international travel required

What We Offer

• Employment with an innovative, future-oriented organization 
• Outstanding career and development prospects 
• Company pension scheme and other fringe benefits 
• Exciting company culture which stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation 

Join us in shaping the future of our industry and make a significant impact through your expertise and leadership by applying online with your CV and Motivation Letter including possible start date and salary expectations.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

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, disability or any other legally protected status.

Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com