Financial Analyst III – Commercial Finance

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The Financial Analyst III – Commercial Finance will be a key member of the Laboratory Products Group (LPG) Finance organization, providing financial planning, analysis, and decision support across the North America commercial organization. This role will partner closely with Commercial and Finance leadership to provide actionable insights that support business performance, resource allocation, and strategic decision-making.

The position provides broad exposure across the commercial organization, supporting sales leadership, commercial overlay teams, business units, and other strategic priorities. Responsibilities include commercial performance analytics, operating expense planning and management, forecasting, executive reporting, and business decision support. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating across multiple areas of the business, managing competing priorities, and translating complex financial and commercial data into clear insights and recommendations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated finance professional who combines strong analytical capabilities with intellectual curiosity, business partnership, and a continuous improvement mindset.

• Serve as a Finance business partner to North America Commercial leadership and cross-functional teams, providing financial analysis and decision support across key commercial priorities.
• Support commercial leaders and specialized sales organizations, including Channel Management, Key Accounts, and other commercial teams, with performance analytics, forecasting, and strategic decision support.
• Support operating expense planning and performance management for the North America Commercial organization, including annual planning, monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and identification of risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Commercial leadership to manage departmental budgets and provide clear visibility into spending trends, resource allocation, headcount, and key financial drivers.
• Develop monthly forecasts, quarterly outlooks, and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) submissions, incorporating business trends, financial performance, and input from key stakeholders.
• Analyze bookings, revenue, backlog, pipeline conversion, customer trends, pricing, and other commercial performance indicators to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and underlying business drivers.
• Support financial analysis and business partnership across business units and commercial initiatives as organizational priorities evolve.
• Prepare and deliver recurring reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and presentations for Commercial, Finance, Business Unit, and senior leadership, including support for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews.
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate business opportunities, resource allocation decisions, investments, and other strategic initiatives.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Controllership, Commercial Operations, Human Resources, and other functions to ensure accurate financial reporting, effective planning processes, and clear accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement across recurring Finance processes through standardization, simplification,…