Financial Analyst, FP&A – Biologics, STL Site

Financial Analyst, FP&A – Biologics, STL Site Pharma Services Group | Drug Substance Division

Location:

St. Louis, MO (on-site/hybrid) | Waltham, MA (on-site/hybrid)

Role will require travel to St. Louis site.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are critical partners to our business and functional teams, helping make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and support our position as 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 St. Louis site is a key biologics operation within the Drug Substance Division of the Pharma Services Group, supporting biologics drug substance manufacturing and related site operations. The Financial Analyst will be an integral member of the STL site finance team, supporting FP&A activities that enable strong financial performance, operational decision-making, and achievement of near- and long-term business objectives.

This role will partner closely with site leadership, operations, manufacturing, quality, engineering, procurement, and divisional finance teams to support OpEx, Cap Ex, forecasting, reporting, monthly business reviews, annual planning, and ad hoc financial analysis. The analyst will help translate operational activity into financial insights, identify risks and opportunities, and drive improved visibility into site performance.

What you will do:

• Support monthly close, forecast, annual operating plan, and long-range planning activities for the STL Biologics site, with a focus on operating expense, capital spend, headcount, and site performance reporting.

• Analyze transactional, operational, and financial data to identify trends, variances, anomalies, accrual needs, reversals, and potential reporting issues to ensure accurate financial results.

• Develop, standardize, and improve recurring reporting packages and financial analyses to support Monthly Business Reviews, Quarterly Business Reviews, AOP, forecast cycles, and leadership decision-making.

• Prepare and maintain dashboards, PowerPoint presentations, financial models, and other business intelligence tools by mining data from SAP, Hyperion, Power BI, Excel, and other financial systems.

• Partner with functional leaders to understand key business drivers, operational assumptions, cost trends, project spend, and financial risks and opportunities.

• Support OpEx planning and analysis, including cost center reviews, spend tracking, forecast updates, variance commentary, and identification of productivity or cost-control opportunities.

• Support Cap Ex planning and reporting, including project spend tracking, forecast updates, cash flow timing, capital approval support, and variance analysis versus plan and forecast.

• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis to support site leadership, including operational performance, manufacturing cost drivers, resource planning, project prioritization, and investment decisions.

• Analyze profitability, cost trends, and operational drivers within the site, including manufacturing activity, capacity, productivity, and SIOP-related assumptions, to help identify risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.

• Translate business inputs into financial assumptions and maintain forecast models that project future business trends, expenses, capital needs, and operational performance.

• Proactively learn and adopt new systems, tools, and reporting methods to improve analytics capability, forecast accuracy, and overall finance support for the site.

How you will get here:

Requirements

• Advanced degree with no prior experience, or bachelor's degree plus 2 years of financial planning and analysis, accounting, operations finance, or related finance experience.

• Experience in a large global company or highly matrixed organization preferred.

• Experience supporting manufacturing, operations, life sciences, pharmaceutical services, or biologics environments…