Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description 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. Ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $40 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science. Job Title: Finance Data Analyst Reports to : Mgr. Finance Systems Group / Division: SDG Career Band: Band 6 Job Track: Professional Position Location: Paisley, UK Number of Direct Reports: 0 Position Summary: This is a newly-created position within the SDG Finance Transformation Team supporting our Specialty Diagnostics Group (SDG). The Financial Data Analyst is responsible for data completeness, hierarchy maintenance and accuracy across reporting systems, ensuring successful project integrations and improvements. The position requires good business partnering skills and collaboration with IT, project teams, Controllership, and FP&A business partners. Responsibilities: Use MS Excel, MS Power BI, SQL, Athena, and Cognos to extract, validate, and interpret data for business analysis. Support transformation roadmap initiatives and GLA adoption. Maintain relationships with global teams during system launches, test cycles and hyper-care, ensuring effective communication to resolve defects and implement enhancements. Apply analytical skills to address user questions, resolve data integrity issues, and reconcile reporting systems. Support period close activities by performing system tie-outs, variance analysis, financial adjustments, and communicating changes to team members. Optimize standardized reporting, analysis, and procedures to ensure accuracy, consistency, and efficiency, using PPI (Practical Process Improvement). Promote SPoT/Power BI as the de facto standard for reporting across the group and support user adoption. Leverage technology and process knowledge to automate routine tasks using tools such as UiPath, Gene AI and ChatGPT. Create and document communication materials, change impact assessments, and training modules for finance and accounting users. Minimum Qualifications: Experience with in-depth financial modeling as well as proven analytical and statistical problem solving skills, including data handling and relational database programming Experience with Enterprise Data Management systems, Hyperion systems. Exhibit leadership, initiative, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4-I values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement Self-motivated, independent problem solver with excellent financial intuition and drive to explore the interaction of data across systems Proven track record to make logical assumptions, analyze and communicate variances to management, and connect data from various systems The ability to identify and implement process improvements Strong written communication skills, along with clear and concise verbal skills, are required. The candidate will have the ability to construct easy to understand analysis and presentations. Must have the capacity to coordinate and prioritize work and demonstrate effective time management. Natural bias towards continuous improvement. Exposure to PPI/Kaizen methodologies is considered an advantage Skills with Oracle products, Power BI, and IBM Cognos or other business intelligence software a plus Experience with Python, Athena, VBA, PowerBI or other scripting language a plus Knowledge of ERP systems (E1, JDE, SAP) and Data Warehouses a plus Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology a plus Non-Negotiable Hiring Criteria: 3+ years of dynamic Finance experience Bachelors degree in Math, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business or other relevant background 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, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $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, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team 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, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.