Tax Analyst

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Job Description

*This role is fully remote within the UK, although occasional bi-weekly travel to our Cambridge office will be required*

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our Clinical Research Group division, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

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 #101 on the 2024 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $42 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.

Position Summary: Performs financial analysis and prepares accurate, transparent and timely financial reports to support leadership in the decision making process.

• Collects, analyzes and interprets complex financial and operating data for 

• assigned business units and/or corporate functions.

• Provides decision support to business leadership through the creation of tools, 

• models, presentations, and dashboards.

• Prepares reports and analyses in support of monthly, quarterly and annual 

• financial close processes and ongoing financial activities.

• Serves as a finance business partner and prepares forecasts and budgets for 

• assigned business units and/or functional areas.

• Performs complex variance analysis and investigates irregularities; make 

• recommendations to correct inaccuracies.

• Makes recommendations on process improvements to improve efficiencies

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification (or equivalent working experience)

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years).

• Ideally part qualified (or equivalent experience)

• In depth understanding of accounting/financial principles, and regulations/legal requirements

• Ability to function as an effective and respected partner to internal clients

• Proven analytical thinking and quantitative skills and ability to handle data effectively

• Confidence to handle sensitive information and make sound recommendations

• Ability to effectively coordinate multiple tasks while still delivering high quality results

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Strong organizational and project administration skills

• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data

• Keen to learn and develop a career in Tax

At Thermo Fisher Scientific we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at Thermo Fisher Scientific you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where we truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organisation but with a local feel.