Operations Finance Manager

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Office

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

The Operations Finance Manager provides financial leadership and analysis across revenue, distribution, logistics, inventory, and cost accounting. This role partners with supply chain, warehouse, and operations teams to deliver reliable reporting, explain business performance, strengthen financial controls, and support sound operating decisions.

This position requires daily on-site support at our Rochester, NY facility located at 75 Panorama Creek Drive. Relocation and remote work are not available for this role.

• Oversee revenue accounting, reporting, and analysis, including review of sales trends, pricing, rebates, returns, warranty claims and other adjustments.
• Support revenue forecasts and planning by analyzing volume, price, product mix, customer trends, and other relevant drivers.
• Help maintain appropriate revenue recognition policies, procedures, and controls in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
• Analyze distribution and logistics costs, including warehousing, transportation, and third-party service expenses.
• Oversee inventory accounting, valuation, reconciliations, and reserve analysis.
• Partner with operations and supply chain teams on cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory adjustments, and root-cause analysis of variances.
• Monitor inventory levels, aging, obsolescence, and excess or slow-moving stock.
• Manage standard costing processes, including cost updates, variance analysis, and review of bills of materials and labor or overhead assumptions, as applicable.
• Maintain cost accounting procedures and controls and coordinate with relevant teams to resolve costing issues.
• Analyze, interpret, and communicate the Rochester site's actual performance versus budgets and forecasts. Responsible for partnering with manufacturing and distribution leadership to help develop the annual operating plan and monthly forecasts.
• Leverage ERP systems to facilitate the daily and weekly reporting of financial metrics and scorecards for the operations / supply chain teams. Provide recommendations to enhance the current reporting tools.
• Perform monthly closing activities including journal entries, accruals, reporting and analysis.

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field required.
• 3-5+ years of progressive finance or manufacturing accounting experience, including experience supporting operations, distribution, or supply chain.
• Experience with cost accounting, inventory accounting, revenue analysis, and financial planning / forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to investigate variances, identify root causes, and communicate practical recommendations.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and financial reporting tools; experience with an ERP system such as SAP preferred.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively with both finance and non-finance teams.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.

• 0% domestic/international travel required

The salary range estimated for this position based in New York is…