Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:

The Financial Analyst & Vendor Analyst serves as the analytical backbone of PMO financial governance, portfolio savings validation, and vendor cost management.

This role partners closely with Finance Leads, Project Managers, PMO Director, and Portfolio Leaders to translate financial data into auditable insights that support executive decision-making, governance reviews, and value realization tracking.

The position combines strong financial analysis, systems reconciliation, savings validation, and vendor cost optimization expertise.

Key Responsibilities

1.

Project Financial Management & Forecasting:

• Own project-level budget tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis.

• Monitor Cap Ex and Op Ex spend across portfolios and cost centers.

• Reconcile project costs across Planview, SAP, and related financial systems.

• Identify budget overruns, financial anomalies, and risk trends.

• Prepare financial reports for governance reviews and portfolio forums.

• Conduct cost-benefit analyses to support funding decisions and business cases.

• Track earned value metrics and cost performance indices.

2.

PMO Savings Validation & Audit Support:

• Collect and validate monthly savings data aligned to PMO savings vectors.

• Reconcile project-claimed savings against actual financial data.

• Maintain complete audit trails for savings documentation.

• Identify and escalate discrepancies or unsupported savings claims.

• Support quarterly and annual savings audits with detailed documentation.

• Partner with Finance Lead to ensure integrity of consolidated savings dashboards.

3.

Financial Systems & Data Integrity:

• Reconcile Planview financial data with SAP general ledger monthly.

• Maintain accuracy of financial fields and cost structures in portfolio systems.

• Identify and resolve cross-system discrepancies.

• Support financial automation and process improvement initiatives.

• Generate reconciliation reports for compliance and audit requirements.

4.

Business Case & Value Realization Support:

• Support development and financial validation of business cases.

• Provide ROI, NPV, and cost modeling analysis.

• Validate financial assumptions and benchmark cost estimates.

• Track business case assumptions against actual performance.

• Support post-project benefits realization reviews and reporting.

• Maintain repository of approved business cases and value realization data.

5.

Vendor & Procurement Financial Management:

• Support sourcing and procurement processes for contractors and consultants.

• Maintain vendor rate cards, cost models, and spend tracking.

• Coordinate invoice validation, timesheet reconciliation, and billing accuracy.

• Track vendor spend against budget and contractual terms.

• Support vendor performance reviews with financial insights.

• Provide cost benchmarking and analysis to support negotiations.

• Identify and recommend cost optimization opportunities.

6.

Cost Optimization & Spend Analytics:

• Conduct portfolio-level spend analysis by vendor, category, and project.

• Evaluate contractor vs. internal cost models.

• Identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities.

• Track realized savings from optimization initiatives.

• Develop data-driven cost improvement recommendations.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.

• 4–7 years of experience in financial analysis, project accounting, or PMO finance.

• Strong knowledge of Cap Ex/Op Ex accounting principles.

• Experience working with enterprise financial systems (SAP preferred).

• Experience with project portfolio systems (Planview preferred).

• Advanced Excel proficiency (pivot tables, financial modeling, complex formulas).

• Experience supporting audits and financial governance processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to vendor management or procurement processes.

• Experience with financial dashboarding and reporting tools.

• Basic SQL or data querying capability.

• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical, or regulated industries.

• Advance Excel certifications are mandatory

• CPA/CMA/ACCA/CIMA/CA; FMVA/CIPS; PMP and Plan View training is a nice to have

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and financial modeling capability

• High attention to detail and data accuracy

• Ownership mindset and accountability

• Ability to manage multiple data sources and priorities

• Strong stakeholder communication skills

• Problem-solving and process improvement orientation