Sr. Finance Manager - Molecular Biology

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

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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.

The Senior Manager, Finance will serve as a key strategic finance leader within Thermo Fisher Scientific's Molecular Biology Business Unit, a ~$1.1B global business operating in a highly innovative and fast-growing market. This role provides finance leadership and business partnership across commercial and marketing functions as well as two strategic business segments (SBS).

The individual will partner closely with senior commercial and product management leadership to drive growth-focused analytics, improve investment decision making, and provide actionable financial insights that influence business strategy and execution. In addition, the role will oversee critical business unit planning and forecasting processes and help elevate finance support capabilities across the organization.

This position offers broad exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to work across strategic, operational, and analytical finance activities in a fast-paced and highly visible environment.

Please note that relocation assistance is not available for this role at this time.

What you will do:

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to the Director of Commercial for the Molecular Biology Business Unit and Senior Director for the Genomic Workflow Automation SBS, providing financial leadership and analytical support to help drive growth and commercial execution
• Provide oversight and coaching for direct report supporting PCR Workflow SBS Marketing finance activities, including forecasting, investment analysis, and strategic project support
• Spearhead business analytics efforts, including pricing, instrument-consumable attachment, customer health, product portfolio performance, application-selling economics, and evaluation of commercial and marketing effectiveness
• Develop financial models, business cases, and scenario analyses to support commercial initiatives, pricing strategies, OEM partnerships, and other strategic opportunities
• Support key finance operating mechanisms, including weekly business performance review processes, monthly and quarterly forecasting cycles, annual Operating Plan (AOP) and STRAP / long-range strategic planning processes
• Drive process improvement and simplification initiatives across finance processes, reporting, and analytics to improve efficiency, transparency, and business insight generation
• Develop strong partnerships across Commercial, Marketing, Product Management, FP&A, and Division Finance teams to support achievement of business objectives

This role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and broad visibility across a large, innovation-focused global business. The successful candidate will gain experience across commercial finance, strategic planning, investment analysis, business operations, and organizational leadership while helping shape financial decision making across multiple critical business functions.

The role is intentionally designed to combine operational FP&A leadership with strategic finance partnership and analytical problem solving. Success requires intellectual curiosity, strong communication skills, business judgment, and the ability to operate effectively in dynamic and ambiguous environments.

• Advanced Degree plus 3-4 years of experience or Bachelor's Degree plus 5-6 years of experience in progressive finance, including financial planning & analysis, reporting and analytics
• Demonstrated experience partnering with…