Accountant II

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

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 Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations to Strategy & Corporate Development, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

Join our Pharma Services team and be a part of a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) offering end-to-end services for drug development, clinical trial logistics, and commercial manufacturing! Biotech and biopharma companies trust us for our speed, flexibility, and quality across every phase of drug development. With worldwide locations, we support active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), biologics, cell therapy, viral vectors, formulation, clinical trials, logistics, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. Help us enable many major therapies on the market today and drive the future of healthcare!

This position is part of the Pharma Services Group (PSG) Admin Division and will be based in Morrisville, NC.

DESCRIPTION:

What you will do:

• Perform monthly closing activities including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supplementary reporting & analysis
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, company policy, approval authority matrix, and standard operating procedures; recommend changes to strengthen control environment
• Assist in the preparation of annual supplemental & tax reporting packages; prepare ad hoc reports
• Support internal and external audit requirements
• Exercise sound data stewardship, following data policies (retention, privacy, security) and detailing procedures
• Drive continuous improvement and use systems to increase controls and efficiencies
• Listen proactively and collaborate across functional lines
• Ensure effective data security and controls within ERP, financial systems, and data flows
  
  

REQUIREMENTS:

How you will get here:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 2 years of accounting experience, preferably in a large multinational organization or shared services environment
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Excellent understanding of U.S. GAAP, financial accounting standards, and internal controls
• Excellent MS Excel skills; experience with SAP and Hyperion is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to navigate a large, complex, and matrixed financial reporting structure
• Ability to interact cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders in a global environment
• Takes personal accountability for decisions and actions
• Challenges the status quo; proactively drives new insights and solutions to strengthen performance