Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
At Viral Vector Services (VVS) a business unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific we deliver from process development through commercial supply and offer the expertise and resources vital to help clients deliver innovative gene therapies. Placed in the forefront of our leading and groundbreaking Cell and Gene Therapy business enabling clients to cure genetic, rare, and otherwise untreatable diseases
The Manager, Finance will help the SLT with key decision making that will drive significant growth for the Belgium sites. The role will report to the Viral Vector Services Sr. Director of Finance and will be a key member of the VVS finance leadership team.
Responsibilities include:
- Finance business partner to Sr Director/General Manager of operations based in Belgium and member of the Site Leadership Team
- Drive the improvement of the profitability of the site with the GM and other SLT key members
- Lead and develop controllership team members
- Prepare accurate and timely analyses that reflect and communicate business results, variances, and performance trends and make recommendations to drive improvement
- Owns site financial reporting, forecasting process, and annual budget process
- Partners with program management to improve tracking/forecasting of revenue objectives and billing milestones
- Contributor to multiyear strategic plan. Develop cases to support capex purchases
- Work with key partners to identify and implement financial and operational improvements to increase efficiency, accuracy of reporting, and achievement of business goals
- Partner with Supply Chain to drive better insight into inventory to improve facility execution and reduce risks related to E&O, inventory expiry and invalid inventory counts
- Partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Commercial to drive improvements in the SIOP process for the site including capacity analysis
- Perform Ad-hoc analyses
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics, MBA preferred
- SAP, BI, and forecast consolidation tool knowledge is desired
- 4-6 years of proven experience in Life Science/Biopharma industry preferred
- Experience supporting a manufacturing organization a plus
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Strong business acumen
- Ability to work cross functionally with all levels of the organization
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong financial analysis experience
- Solid time management and organizational skills
- Proven ability to work with professional discretion and confidential information
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 120,000 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.
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