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OfficeJob Description
About the Role
The Financial Analyst III is a key member of the LPG Commercial Finance team, partnering directly with Commercial and Finance leadership to drive profitable growth across North America. This high-visibility role combines financial planning, forecasting, commercial analytics, and executive reporting to support strategic business decisions.
The successful candidate will be highly analytical, intellectually curious, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrixed global organization. This position offers significant exposure to senior leadership and opportunities to influence commercial strategy through data-driven insights.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Commercial leadership to provide financial insight and decision support across the North America business.
- Analyze bookings, revenue, backlog, pipeline conversion, pricing, customer trends, and commercial performance.
- Lead recurring forecasting activities, including monthly forecasts, quarterly outlooks, and Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
- Develop actionable risk and opportunity assessments and communicate key business drivers to Finance and Commercial leadership.
- Prepare executive-level reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and presentations for monthly and quarterly business reviews.
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and strategic initiatives for Business Unit, Group, and regional leadership.
- Partner with Business Unit Finance, Regional Finance, and Commercial teams to ensure alignment of forecasts, reporting, and operating metrics.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, automate recurring analyses, and enhance data quality.
- Investigate data discrepancies, determine root causes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
Experience
- 3+ years of experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, Financial Analysis, or a related field.
- Experience supporting commercial or sales organizations preferred.
- Experience within a large, global, matrixed organization preferred.
Preferred Skills
- Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities.
- Experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
- Advanced Excel skills with experience leveraging large datasets.
- Experience with Power BI and enterprise planning/reporting systems such as Oracle Hyperion, Financial Management, Planning, or Cognos.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear business recommendations.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Demonstrated initiative, intellectual curiosity, and continuous improvement mindset.
- Ability to build strong partnerships across Finance, Commercial, and senior leadership.
- Commitment to Thermo Fisher Scientific's 4-I Values: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- 3+ years of experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Financial Analysis
- Experience supporting commercial or sales organizations
- Experience within a large, global, matrixed organization
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities
- Experience with Power BI and enterprise planning/reporting systems (Oracle Hyperion, Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Planning, Cognos)
- Experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial reporting
- Strong written and verbal communication and ability to present to senior leadership
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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