About the role
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,...
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Requirements
- Position Summary: The Regions Controls Specialist role provides the opportunity to work across multiple divisions, geographies and functions and supports the Internal Controls program ensuring strong governance.
- This role partners closely with Finance, Operations, IT, and Global/region Process Owners to assess risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and drive continuous improvement.
- A successful candidate requires strong technical knowledge of internal controls, the ability to work in a matrixed global organization, and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.
- Key Objectives of the role: Conduct internal control reviews, including testing of financial records; document and report control gaps, risks, and recommendations to management through formal written reports.
- Support remediation of control exceptions identified through balance sheet reviews, Control Self- Assessment, internal audit, and external audit.
- Perform assigned control and balance sheet deep-dive reviews in a timely manner, including planning, preparation, documentation, analysis of findings, and report writing; support ad-hoc assignments as required.
- Identify and drive opportunities to improve control efficiency through automation , control rationalization , and enhanced use of data and analytics .
- Promote a strong culture of compliance and accountability while avoiding unnecessary complexity or administrative burden.