Finance Manager, Commercial Finance, EMEA

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Finance Manager is a key finance business partner to the EMEA Hardware Solutions Commercial team, specifically supporting the Downstream Systems & Hardware and  Upstream & Fluid Management business units. The individual is responsible for the forecasting, budgeting, closing, reporting and analysis of the commercial and financial insights on orders, sales and sales margin.  

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Commercial Finance EMEA and is part of the Commercial Finance team located in Amersham Place and will be an on-site role. 

What you will do:

• Develop monthly forecast and annual budget for orders, sales and sales margin, supported by clearly articulated assumptions, and identify key variances, risks and opportunities to forecast.

• Support month‑end close activities in compliance with revenue recognition policies, including post‑close financial reporting and variance analysis.

• Provide relevant insights to commercial team through recurring and ad hoc analyses, including forecast accuracy, pricing, funnel management, win‑rate and top customer trends.

• Prepare and lead regular reviews with the commercial team to support delivery of financial outcomes and drive alignment with cross-functional teams, including Order to Remittance and Sales & Operations Planning.

• Ad‑hoc projects to support broader team and business initiatives.

Who you are:

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or related field; 5 or more years in financial analysis or commercial forecasting.

• Technical Skills: Proficient in Excel, Qlik Sense and Salesforce.com; strong data analysis and reporting capabilities.

• Commercial & stakeholder partnership: Experience in business partnering with a proven ability to work cross‑functionally, apply critical thinking and clearly communicate complex ideas.

• Personal Attributes: Detail‑oriented and well‑organised, with strong prioritisation skills, adaptability in a changing environment, and the ability to independently manage and improve processes.

• Growth Mindset: Proactive problem solver with continuous improvement mindset, comfortable in constructively challenging assumptions and ways of working using data‑driven insight.

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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