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Operations Finance Manager

ThermoFisher Scientific

Rochester, NYFull-time$95–142K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$95–142K/yr
Location
Rochester, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Operations Finance Manager provides financial leadership and analysis across revenue, distribution, logistics, inventory, and cost accounting. The role partners with supply chain, warehouse, operations, manufacturing, and distribution teams to deliver reporting, explain performance, strengthen financial controls, and support operating decisions. It also supports planning and forecasting, reporting tools, and monthly close activities for the Rochester site.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Revenue AccountingRevenue AnalysisCost AccountingInventory AccountingFinancial PlanningForecastingAnalytical SkillsVariance AnalysisRoot-Cause AnalysisFinancial ReportingSpreadsheet ProficiencyERP SystemsSAPCommunicationCollaborationAttention to DetailJudgmentDeadline Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Finance or Related Field5+ Years Finance or Manufacturing Accounting ExperienceOperations, Distribution, or Supply Chain Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

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:

The Operations Finance Manager provides financial leadership and analysis across revenue, distribution, logistics, inventory, and cost accounting. This role partners with supply chain, warehouse, and operations teams to deliver reliable reporting, explain business performance, strengthen financial controls, and support sound operating decisions.

What you will do:

  • Oversee revenue accounting, reporting, and analysis, including review of sales trends, pricing, rebates, returns, warranty claims and other adjustments.

  • Support revenue forecasts and planning by analyzing volume, price, product mix, customer trends, and other relevant drivers.

  • Help maintain appropriate revenue recognition policies, procedures, and controls in accordance with applicable accounting standards.

  • Analyze distribution and logistics costs, including warehousing, transportation, and third-party service expenses.

  • Oversee inventory accounting, valuation, reconciliations, and reserve analysis.

  • Partner with operations and supply chain teams on cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory adjustments, and root-cause analysis of variances.

  • Monitor inventory levels, aging, obsolescence, and excess or slow-moving stock.

  • Manage standard costing processes, including cost updates, variance analysis, and review of bills of materials and labor or overhead assumptions, as applicable.

  • Maintain cost accounting procedures and controls and coordinate with relevant teams to resolve costing issues.

  • Analyze, interpret, and communicate the Rochester site’s actual performance versus budgets and forecasts. Responsible for partnering with manufacturing and distribution leadership to help develop the annual operating plan and monthly forecasts.

  • Leverage ERP systems to facilitate the daily and weekly reporting of financial metrics and scorecards for the operations / supply chain teams. Provide recommendations to enhance the current reporting tools.

  • Perform monthly closing activities including journal entries, accruals, reporting and analysis.

How you will get here:

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field.
  • 5+ years of progressive finance or manufacturing accounting experience, including experience supporting operations, distribution, or supply chain.

  • Experience with cost accounting, inventory accounting, revenue analysis, and financial planning / forecasting.

  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to investigate variances, identify root causes, and communicate practical recommendations.

  • Proficiency with spreadsheets and financial reporting tools; experience with an ERP system such as SAP preferred.

  • Clear communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively with both finance and non-finance teams.

  • Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.Travel requirements• 0% domestic/international travel required

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in New York is $94,600.00–$142,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

  • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,902 open Finance Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$95–142K/yr
  • New York median$105–180K/yr135 salary ranges
  • US median$105–165K/yr1,318 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $118K, is 17% below the New York median midpoint ($142K) — in the lowest quarter of Finance Manager salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 166 open Finance Manager jobs in New York and 1,902 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Finance Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,725 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,221 of the 1,902 open Finance Manager jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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