Sr. Finance Manager - Protein & Cell Analysis

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:

Protein & Cell Analysis (PCA) is a $1.6B business within Life Science Solutions Group, which offers a wide array of integrated instruments and reagents focused on Immunology, Protein Analysis, & Imaging.

We are seeking a Finance Senior Manager who will provide FP&A and business partnering leadership to the Business Unit. This role will own the financial planning and consolidation activities for the Business Unit as well as supporting the Marketing and Technical Sales teams. In addition, the position holder will provide valuable decision support, identify and implement operational improvement opportunities and develop a strong finance team. This role will directly lead a finance team of 2 members and utilize resources at our shared service center in Costa Rica.

What you will do:

• Drive AOP / QBR / STRAP/ MBR, in a matrixed financial forecast
• Monitor and analyze financials, including leading monthly and quarterly reporting (revenue, gross margin, OPEX, KPI's, CAPEX)
• Lead data analysis for the business unit and functions, using complex data and problem solving
• Analyze financial and business performance against key business metrics and identify pertinent financial highlights, enabling understanding of progress against strategic business plans
• Understands and deploys the best tools / methods to effectively communicate complex data and topics
• Develops high quality effective presentations (i.e. engaging, motivating, concise, well-prepped)
• Identify, communicate, and lead risk & opportunities
• Build and develop a high performing team

How you will get here:

Requirements

• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in progressive finance, including financial planning & analysis, reporting and analytics

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• An ideal candidate will possess excellent academic credentials and strong finance skills
• Proven understanding of Excel (i.e., financial models and analysis), PowerPoint, financial consolidation tools (such as Oracle EPBCS), and extensive experience using data visualization tools to drive business decisions (such as Power BI or Tableau)
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills
• Proven business partner and influencer

Travel requirements

• 0-20% domestic/international travel required

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $130,000.00–$185,000.00.

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](https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards)