Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Finance Manager

Corporate Finance & FP&APosted on Nov 13

Full-timeMissouri, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

An advanced degree and 6–10 years of relevant experience are required.
Demonstrated expertise in financial planning and analysis, reporting, and business partnering is required.
Strong finance skills and a record of academic achievement are required.
Proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling and analysis, and PowerPoint is required.
Experience with SAP, Hyperion, and PLN, or equivalent financial systems, is required.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
The ability to influence and partner effectively with business leaders is required.

Responsibilities

Help lead the site's Annual Operating Plan, Quarterly Business Reviews, strategic plan, and Monthly Business Reviews, coordinating forecasts across a matrixed organization.
Monitor and analyze financial performance, leading monthly and quarterly reporting on revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, key performance indicators, and capital expenditures.
Develop and maintain cash flow forecasts, partnering with site and business leaders to understand key drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and support timely decisions.
Lead business analysis using complex data and structured problem-solving.
Assess performance against key business metrics and communicate financial insights that clarify progress against strategic plans.
Select and apply effective tools and methods to explain complex data and business topics.
Develop clear, concise, and engaging presentations for business leaders.
Identify, communicate, and lead actions to address risks and opportunities.
Develop a high-performing finance team.
Travel domestically up to 25%, including travel to the St. Louis site.

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams help colleagues make informed, sound decisions that advance our Mission and support our position as a stable, trusted industry leader. Across Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development, and Accounting, our global teams offer meaningful opportunities to build skills, broaden perspectives, and grow rewarding careers.

How you will make an impact

Drug Substance is an approximately $1B business within Pharma Services, supporting pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers with drug substance development and manufacturing.

We are seeking a Finance Manager to lead finance and business partnering for the St. Louis site. You will own financial planning and analytics for the site, provide decision support, identify and implement operational improvement opportunities, and develop a high-performing finance team.

What you will do

Help lead the site’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), strategic plan (STRAP), and Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), coordinating forecasts across a matrixed organization.
Monitor and analyze financial performance, leading monthly and quarterly reporting on revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, key performance indicators, and capital expenditures.
Develop and maintain robust cash flow forecasts, partnering with site and business leaders to understand key drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and support timely decisions.
Lead business analysis using complex data and structured problem-solving.
Assess performance against key business metrics and communicate financial insights that clarify progress against strategic plans.
Select and apply effective tools and methods to explain complex data and business topics.
Develop clear, concise, and engaging presentations for business leaders.
Identify, communicate, and lead actions to address risks and opportunities.

How you will get here

Requirements

Advanced degree and 6–10 years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated expertise in financial planning and analysis, reporting, and business partnering.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

Strong finance skills and a record of academic achievement.
Proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling and analysis, and in PowerPoint.
Experience with SAP, Hyperion, and PLN, or equivalent financial systems.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Proven ability to influence and partner effectively with business leaders.

Travel

Up to 25% domestic travel, including travel to the St. Louis site.

About the Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Thermo Fisher Scientific makes and sells the instruments, chemicals, consumables and lab services that drug companies, hospitals, universities and industrial labs use for research, testing and production. Its products cover work from gene sequencing and protein analysis to diagnostic tests and lab freezers, and its distribution arm ships supplies to labs worldwide. Drug developers also hire it to run clinical trials and to manufacture medicines under contract. It earns money from consumables that labs buy again and again, along with instrument sales, service contracts and outsourcing fees. The company traces its roots to Thermo Electron, founded in 1956, which merged with Fisher Scientific in 2006, and it is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Waltham, MA
Founded: 1956

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