[{"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "fe Technologies has an immediately need for a Sr. Financial Analyst supportingIon Torrent in South San Francisco.\nThe Senior Financial Analyst position supportsIon business as a reporting and data mining expert. Responsibilities include, monthly actual reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, system maintenance.This covers Opex, Capital, and Mfg OCOGS accounts.\n\nEssential Functions:\nProvide tools and analytics to report spendand capitalby functional area.\nStandardize and increase efficiency and productivity in Ion reporting\n-for increased forecast accuracy\n-for robust business decision support, expense and capital management\n-for faster consolidation to meet both Platform internal & Life Technologies reporting standards\n\nAssist in building process to drive and better manage measurements of key business metrics around operating expenses and capital expenditures(including Operations and R&D functions)\n\nPartner with the corporate finance team in ensuring that key deliverables for financial close, actual and forecast review are met. Assist in directing analysis and interpretation of financial data and extracts from different systems and applications (E1, SAP, Hyperion) for the purpose of determining past and future financial performance.\n\nPerform other ad-hoc analysis or related duties as required and/or assigned.\n\nNature and Scope:\nMust be able to interface effectively with all levels of the organization. Must demonstrate judgment, tact and diplomacy in dealing with internal customers within a matrix organization. Accuracy is required in performing all functions of this position. Providing timely, accurate, relevant information and analysis is a must. Must possess initiative, enthusiasm, curiosity, a positive attitude and ability to perform as a team player. Must possess problem solving skills and be results oriented.", "date_new": "2013-05-02 18:48:36", "url": "http://lifetechnologies.jobs/xml/36484856/job/", "country": "United States", "company": "Life Technologies", "title": "Sr. Financial Analyst Ion Torrent", "reqid": "13848BR", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 36484856}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Carlsbad", "description": "Title (Req.):Sr. Financial Analyst\nLocation:Carlsbad, CA\nMaking Life Even Better.\nWhen it comes to the vision of shaping discovery and improving life, no other company can match the breadth of products and services in the life sciences field to meet this vision than Life Technologies. Created through the combination of biotechnology leaders Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen, Life Technologies\u2019 systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that improve the human condition and the world around us. Our customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance personalized medicine, regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research, and 21st century forensics. With historical sales of approximately $3.5 billion, a presence in more than 100 countries, and a rapidly growing intellectual property estate of over 3,600 patents and exclusive licenses, we are poised to truly shape the world of science. Join a team of more than 9,500 employees around the world who are engaged, curious, insightful, responsible and driven to make life even better.\nLife Technologies has an opportunity available for a Sr. Financial Analyst in Carlsbad, CA:\nJob Description:\n\u00b7Functions as the key finance contact for a specific manufacturing business.\n\u00b7Reviews, analyzes and performs all duties required to effectively monitor complex revenues, margins, and expenses for base cost.\n\u00b7Participates in and leads projects to improve the operational and financial effectiveness of specific product lines and business segments.\n\u00b7Works extensively across multi functional to provide a financial perspective and overall impact.\n\u00b7Extracts financial data from Performs statistical, cost, and financial analysis of data reported in various accounting and information systems, which include Hyperion, Cognos, EDW, SAP, and E1.\n\u00b7Analyzes financial data and extracts and defines relevant information; interprets data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and/or to project a financial probability.\n\u00b7Prepares corporate reports and requirements including revenue and margin forecast, and base cost forecasting.\n\u00b7Performs cost benefit analysis related to projects and/or programs.\n\u00b7Develops financial models for forecasts, trends, and results analysis, interprets financial results\n\u00b7May advise more junior members of the finance team.\nRequired Experience:\n\u00b7Requires a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related specialty\n\u00b7MBA a plus\n\u00b7Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing/operations environment and/or cost accounting function.\nRequired Skills:\n\u00b7Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.\n\u00b7Must be able to interface effectively with all levels of company employees.\n\u00b7Requires a functional knowledge of corporate operations.\n\u00b7Must operate with a high degree of efficiency and accuracy\n\nRelocation is not offered for this position.", "date_new": "2013-04-20 21:45:07", "url": "http://lifetechnologies.jobs/xml/36177628/job/", "country": "United States", "company": "Life Technologies", "title": "SR. FINANCIAL ANALYST", "reqid": "13500BR", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Carlsbad, CA", "uid": 36177628}]