Commercial Specialist I

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Commercial Finance plays a pivotal role in PPD by partnering with departments across the entire organization to help our clients take control of their study finances. Our organization offers end-to-end commercial lifecycle management, from a request for proposal to contract modification, to study close. The team also provides profitability analysis, centralized operational bidding and a wide variety of client outsourcing services.

Would you like to join us and contribute in all aspects to the department’s and company’s success?

Then we have an opportunity for you - join our group of global professionals as a:

Commercial Finance Specialist

Being part of the Central Commercial Finance Team, you will be engaged in the preparation and amendment of budgets for the management of clinical studies, ensuring that each bid is tailored to the need of PPD’s clients.

A day in the Life:

You will be primarily responsible for facilitating the development of proposals and budget estimates, ensuring that the accurate information is timely entered into the bidding and financial databases. As part of the team, you will be working on client requests, analyzing data, applying quality control procedures and tools and communicating with internal clients in addition to having exposure to various partners.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor or higher degree in Business-related area;

Experience

• Former experience in business focused roles preferably in a multinational environment will be considered an advantage;

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software;
• Excel literacy (experience with VBA Programming will be considered as an advantage);
• Fluency in English (written and spoken);
• Attention to detail, problem-solving, analytical thinking and multi-tasking skills;
• The ability to analyze financial and budget information from diverse sources and understand the impact of key budget drivers, inflation, billing rates, exchange rates and discounts will also be an advantage.

Why Join Us?

We hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team! We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

What We Offer:

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD® clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative team of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.

As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. We work together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.