Job Description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

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 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.

How you will make an impact:

Seeking an Accounts Receivable Supervisor who will be responsible for the Accounts Receivable group. In addition, they will find opportunities to optimize processes and eliminate process inefficiencies and redundancies.

They will ensure there is documentation of workflow and work instructions of the process. Review policies and procedures to implement standard methodologies and improve internal control safeguards and SOX compliance.

What you will do:

• This position has supervisory/administrative responsibility for development of staff members, including hiring, performance development and annual review, disciplinary actions, mentor and counseling, personal development and career advancement & succession planning

• Prepares and supervises all statistics and reporting and ensures timely and accurate compliance with schedules and metrics

• Provides daily interaction, training, direction and oversight of staff activities to ensure coordination, accuracy and timely delivery of work outputs

• Supervise team members to maximize success in achieving team goals for Cash targets, DSO and any other metrics

• Perform Accounts Receivables duties in line with the company’s credit policies and procedures

• Work closely with key partners to drive proper revenue recognition by ensuring that transactions are accurately recorded in accordance with policies in the accurate accounting periods

• Review monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting packages

• Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR

• Participate in trainings to engage non-finance teams in finance related compliance and processes

• Assist in establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls to ensure 100% SOX compliance

• Participate in various finance projects and initiatives to drive improvements in execution

How you will get here:

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of experience in accounts receivable, credit, or collections

• Minimum of 2 years in team leadership roles

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Good knowledge in Microsoft Office suite, especially in MS Word and Excel, and in ERP systems (i.e. SAP)

• Effective training skills and team building capabilities for rapid ramp-up of functional tasks within area of responsibility

• Shown leadership skills; strong oral and written communication, presentation and conflict resolution

• Experience leading continuous process improvement projects leading to significant time or bottom line savings

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, ability to work with all levels of management, tailoring message appropriately for recipients

• Ability to develop professional relationships with peers and upper management

• Demonstrate basic visualization communication methods for leaders

• Communicate analysis and recommendations in concise informative manner

• Demonstrate an understanding of the flow of information and materials through the organization

• Takes advantage of opportunities to learn about business strategy and goals through business relationships

• Questions status quo and looks for opportunities for improvement

Travel Requirements

• Less than 10%

Compensation

The estimated annualized pay range for this position in Ontario is $69,400.00–$104,000.00.