Finance Manager, LCD Operations

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; Paisley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global scientific company in Paisley is seeking a Finance Manager to partner with the site operations director. The role involves managing financial audits, leading a finance team, and ensuring effective financial planning. Ideal candidates are CIMA, ACCA, or ACA qualified with a minimum of 5 years in financial leadership and experience in a manufacturing environment. The position offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work culture.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Annual incentive plan bonus

Healthcare

Employee benefits

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years progressive experience as a financial and people leader.
• Experience in a global manufacturing organization.
• Understanding of Cost Accounting is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Primary business partner for the site operations director and site leadership team.
• Lead financial audit, cost accounting and transactional activities.
• Manage Capital Expenditure including forecast accuracy.
• Develop financial forecasts and annual budget.
• Drive improvements in line with productivity targets.

Skills

Leadership skills

Business acumen

Communication skills

Analytical capabilities

Excel proficiency

Multitasking

Education

CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

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.

Location/Division Specific Information

This role will be located in Loughborough, UK

How will you make an impact

As the Finance Manager you will be the primary finance business partner for the site operations director and management team. In addition to your site responsibilities, you will also lead the financial audit, cost accounting and transactional activities for the UK entities within the division. You will be leading and inspiring a team of strong, enthusiastic finance professionals to support the business in financial planning and reporting as well as decision making on investments and future proofing the organization financially.

What will you do

• Primary business partner for the site operations director as well as key member of the site leadership team
• UK leader for financial audit, cost accounting transactional activities and balance sheet governance
• Lead and inspire an extended team of finance professionals across two sites
• Management of Capital Expenditure including forecast accuracy and spend governance, preparation of investment proposals and approval management.
• Lead development of financial forecasts and annual budget (AOP), identifying areas of risk and opportunity
• Ensure adherence to Divisional Approval Authority Matrix/Corporate accounting policies
• Streamline UK statutory reporting and various internal/external audit activities across both manufacturing locations
• Drive strong focus on standard cost analysis to support improving and optimizing profitability for the business.
• Lead analysis of productivity results and drive improvements in line with productivity targets
• Perform or lead special projects and ad-hoc financial reporting as required

How will you get here

• Strong leadership and business partner skills. Lead by example, support and challenge business partners and hold teams accountable to commitments and results
• Strong business sense and ability to think beyond financial implications only
• Proven ability to organize, analyze, present and report results
• Effective spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners
• Experience in a global manufacturing organization, as well as development of product cost methodologies
• Continuous Improvement approach: Identify process and control gaps and champion improvement initiatives
• Superior quantitative and analytical capabilities with advanced Excel skills
• Organized multitasker: workload prioritization, enable the team to meet timelines while achieving results, especially in a fast-paced environment

Education / Experience

• CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified
• Manufacturing/Distribution experience
• Previous experience of leading Financial Audit activities
• Understanding of Cost Accounting is strongly preferred
• A minimum of 5 years progressive experience as a financial and people leader

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!