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The Director, Commercial Finance will serve as the finance partner to the Global Commercial Leader for the Genetic Sciences Division. This role will provide strategic financial leadership across the global commercial organization, partnering closely with sales, regional, business unit, and functional leaders to drive growth, improve commercial execution, and optimize Go-To-Market strategy.
This is a highly visible leadership role requiring strong commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate business and financial data into actionable insights. The Director will lead a global commercial finance team and play a critical role in shaping priorities, driving performance, supporting key initiatives, embracing technology, and enabling the sales organization to deliver strong business outcomes.
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Commercial Partnership- Serve as the primary finance partner to the Global Commercial Leader and global commercial leadership team.
- Provide financial insight, strategic guidance, and decision support across revenue growth, Go-To-Market strategy, and investment prioritization.
- Partner with sales leadership to optimize commercial outcomes, identify growth opportunities, improve productivity, and drive accountability for financial commitments.
- Translate commercial and financial data into clear, actionable insights that help leadership make informed decisions.
- Act as a proactive advisor and constructive challenger to ensure disciplined execution, effective resource allocation, and sustainable growth.
- Lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance management for the global commercial organization.
- Develop executive-ready analysis and recommendations that connect commercial activity and Go-To-Market choices to financial results.
- Lead and support key commercial finance initiatives across the Genetic Sciences Division, including growth programs, Go-To-Market optimization, and resource allocation decisions.
- Embrace technology, analytics, and automation to improve business insights, simplify processes, enhance decision-making, and strengthen the impact of commercial finance.
- Partner across sales, business units, regions, operations, marketing, FP&A, and controllership to align commercial plans with business strategy and financial goals.
- Lead, develop, and inspire a global commercial finance team.
- Set clear priorities, build organizational capability, and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, business partnership, and continuous improvement.
- Coach team members to deliver high-impact analysis, strengthen commercial finance capabilities, and operate as trusted partners to the sales organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field required
- Progressive finance leadership experience supporting commercial, sales, regional, or business unit organizations in a complex global environment.
- Proven ability to partner with senior commercial leaders, influence decisions, and translate data into clear business actions.
- Experience leading and developing global finance teams.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect sales activity, Go-To-Market strategy, commercial execution, and financial outcomes.
- Digital mindset with a willingness to embrace technology, analytics, and process improvement to increase the speed, quality, and impact of finance partnership.
- Strategic and commercially minded finance leader with strong financial discipline, enterprise thinking, sound judgment, and a bias for action.
- Collaborative leader who can challenge assumptions, lead through ambiguity, build credibility across functions and regions, and raise the impact of the finance organization.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $160,100.00–$213,400.00.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
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field
- Progressive finance leadership experience supporting commercial, sales, regional, or business unit organizations in a complex global environment
- Proven ability to partner with senior commercial leaders and influence decisions through data-driven insights
- Experience leading and developing global finance teams
- Strong business acumen connecting sales activity, Go-To-Market strategy, and financial outcomes
- Digital mindset with willingness to embrace technology, analytics, automation, and process improvement
- Strategic, commercially minded finance leader with strong financial discipline and sound judgment
- Collaborative leader able to challenge assumptions, lead through ambiguity, and build cross-functional credibility
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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