Job Description

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions OfficePosition Summary:The Commercial Finance Analyst Asia Pacific and China will be the finance business partner across the commercial function, leading on finance support, identifying improvement options and recommendations as well as challenging the business dynamic where appropriate. This role is pivotal in driving improved financial insights across the APAC commercial team thus enabling better business decisions and ultimately improving revenue and margin expansion.Responsibilities:Financial Reporting & ForecastingBuild the annual revenue Annual Operating Plan ensuring accountability is appropriately assigned and all parties are engagedForecasting \xe2\x80\x93 Owns monthly and quarterly forecasting process ensuring accountability and accuracy with a clear plan to achieve planned results, including defined risks and opportunities. Commercial portfolio, Marketing, Opex.Establish and embed a set of meaningful metrics and regularly challenge & evaluate the performance against those metricsReview & analyze marketing initiative performance and provide challenge and suggestions towards improvements.Business Su & AnalysisDevelops strong business partner relationships resulting in improved insights and results.Proactive and timely communication of insightful commercial performance information on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to drive successful achievement of the monthly and quarterly target expectations. Anticipates follow up questions and is prepared with data and analysis.Provides robust insights into variances through volume, price, product mix and product margin analysis, translate findings and drive practical solutions.Lead the APAC pricing target, tracking actuals and providing understanding and support to the business to drive key actions, recommend alternative solutions and improve decision making.Take full ownership for the Asia Pacific Revenue and Gross Margin number ensuring all G/L postings made by the accounting team are correct and all reporting is timely and accurateCollaborate with the commercial teams on new business tenders & pricing quotes, and existing business re-quotes, using business experience to question the approach & make proposals to ensure optimum pricing & margins to align with the strategic goals and a financial case.Support the commercial teams on decisions around effective headcount investments and resource re-deployment.Process Development & ImprovementDrive improved commercial process controls, especially on pricing.Play an active and contributory role in key projects as requiredWork on other ad hoc tasks as requiredContinuous improvement attitude and looks for opportunities to constantly improve processes & drive efficiency.Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:\xc2\xb7Professional accounting qualification and /or Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Finance or Business Administration\xc2\xb77-10 years experience in business/commercial finance\xc2\xb7Has led a successful team\xc2\xb7Strong communication skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with non-finance people.\xc2\xb7Strong analytical skills\xc2\xb7Experience with a matrixed organization and geographically dispersed teams\xc2\xb7Possess a strong set of personal and business values that coincide with those of the 4Is\xc2\xb7Prioritizes customer requirements and is dedicated to meeting or exceeding customer expectations.\xc2\xb7Establishes and maintains successful customer relationships (internal and/or external)\xc2\xb7Owns their resultsPreferred:\xc2\xb7Experience with SAP, Hyperion. Cognos, Power BI, a strong plus\xc2\xb7Experience in commercial and manufacturing finance preferred.\xc2\xb7Ability to work independently as well as in a group setting with little direction at times.\xc2\xb7Occasional travel can be expected with this position.\xc2\xb7Desire for career advancement within Thermo Fisher

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