Do you want to help advance scientific discovery, improving quality of life around the world? We do, too.

Molecular Devices has the opportunity to be the innovation partner that empowers scientists to fast-track research breakthroughs, leading to earlier diagnoses and safer drug treatments. We're a dynamic, female-led life science solutions provider of high-performance bioanalytical measurement systems, software, and consumables. With Molecular Devices, you'll grow your career with best-in-class teams in a culture of collaboration engagement, diversity, and inclusion.

Molecular Devices is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we're pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

As a member of the Commercial FP&A team, the position will provide valuable financial support for both day-to-day tactical operations for the Global Service Organization and play a pivotal role in developing analytical tools to facilitate decision making. You will be supporting and driving action plans to improve processes, automate/streamline functional reporting (using tools such as Oracle, Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Planning) for P&L and Balance sheet.

A strong teammate, the owner of this role brings an eye for business, a passion for operational excellence, great attention to detail and a proven ability to work with senior leadership across a worldwide organization. Join a global, growing, and profitable company and take the next step in your career!

This position can be hybrid in our San Jose, CA office or remote!

Responsibilities:

• Be fully responsible as direct Service Finance partner for Service organization, attend Service related meeting, participate/present during Service Ops meeting, engage on all business-related opportunities to provide financial insight, guidance, and analysis.
• This is a "hands-on" position with direct oversite of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual forecast and budgeting activities
• Prepare timely and accurate monthly revenue analysis, and Opex analysis to support forecast packages
• Ability to create and develop ad-hoc financial modeling & analysis on Excel and/or HFM creating meaningful analytics, business insight & transparency.
• Strong analytical ability to identify variations and trends, ability to dig-in to details and summarize business outcomes.
• Highly responsive with sense of urgency to provide high quality, accurate deliverables under tight time pressure.
• Oversee, develop and guide analysts in daily activities to manage deliverables
• Possess the managerial courage to highlight adverse financial results and trends and offer proposed solutions to resolve
• Solid accounting knowledge including full financial statement understanding and analysis skills (Balance sheet, P&L and Cash flow)
• Provide analytic and organizational change support to accurately report key drivers including price, new products, margin, revenue, back log and customer win/loss
• Lead system and improvements in execution to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our reporting and analysis.
• Adhere to a regular cadence with Finance Leaders to review monthly actuals, analyzing forecast variance, identifying trends and providing recommendations to drive forecast execution and accuracy.
• Qualifications
• BS is required, Advanced degree or certification preferred
• Advanced knowledge of financial and accounting theory (consolidations, interco etc.)
• Knowledge of financial and statistical modeling techniques
• Fluent in advanced Excel, including Pivot Tables and function formulas
• Experienced with Oracle and strong Hyperion, Essbase preferred but not required
• Experienced in PowerBI preferred but not required
• Strong trouble shooter
• Managerial, planning, organization and project management skills.
• Strong communication
• 7+ years of business finance experience

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When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System (https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/danaher-business-system) tools and the stability of a tested organization.

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