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OfficeJob Description
Are you an experienced finance professional who enjoys getting beyond the numbers and partnering with commercial leaders to influence business performance?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Manager – Commercial to join our BioProduction Group Commercial Finance team. This is a highly visible role with exposure across the organisation, combining commercial business partnering, forecasting, budgeting and data-driven decision-making.
You will act as a key Finance Business Partner to senior Commercial leadership, with a particular focus on the EMEA organisation. You will work closely with Sales, Marketing and Commercial Leadership on areas including pipeline management, budgeting and revenue forecasting, while operating within a global, matrix environment.
With regular interaction with senior executives, including Group Presidents, Finance VPs and divisional leadership, this is an opportunity to build an exceptionally broad understanding of the business and establish yourself within a global organisation.
You will also lead and develop one direct report and play an important role in helping our Commercial Finance function provide the insight and challenge needed to drive profitability, customer satisfaction and commercial success.
Why this role?
This is a role for someone who wants to be close to the commercial organisation and have genuine influence. You will have the opportunity to:
- Partner directly with senior commercial leaders and become a trusted finance partner.
- Gain significant exposure to senior executives across Finance and the wider business.
- Work across a broad EMEA scope within an international, matrix organisation.
- Build knowledge across multiple areas of the business through close partnership with Sales, Marketing and Commercial Leadership.
- Lead and develop a team member while continuing to build your own leadership profile.
- Join a fast-paced, innovative global FP&A environment where finance plays an active role in shaping commercial performance.
What you will do:
- Lead on monthly and quarterly business reviews to support the regional senior directors and to identify actions to improve the business
- Work with divisional counterparts assuring an alignment between global requirements and region
- Support the forecasting and planning process in collaboration with Commercial leadership, Marketing and sales structures
- Support operative and strategic decisions and suggest corrective actions.
- Review appropriate commercial finance support mechanisms and implement change as needed.
- Provide a leadership role in initiatives that will guide and develop the team into a premier finance organization.
- Complete special projects as requested, such as Go To Market strategies and integration processes
- Lead, develop and inspire your team to meet the business and finance objectives
How you will get here:
Education
Bachelor’s degree in a, Mathematics, Finance, or Accounting field. CPA, CMA, MBA preferred
Experience
10+ years of relevant working experience
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Significant experience in a commercial FP&A role with strong financial competence and expertise in business engagement. forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis.
- Experience with large sets of data, with responsibility for the quality and integrity of results
- Organized multitasker: you prioritize your workload, in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Strong team building skills working with a diverse group of people, even if geographically dispersed
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to communicate analysis and recommendations in concise informative manner
- Excellent skills with MS Excel are required; Oracle, HFM/CMR, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) are preferred
- Self-motivated, higher level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done
- Continuous Improvement: Identify process and control gaps and champion improvement initiatives through Practical Process Improvement (PPI)
- Exhibit leadership, initiative, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4-I values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
Travel requirements
- Less than 25% domestic/international travel required
What we offer
We want our colleagues to feel supported both inside and outside of work. Alongside your salary, you will have access to a comprehensive and flexible UK benefits package designed around your health, financial wellbeing and lifestyle.
Make an impact beyond the numbers
BioProduction Group provides the technology, materials and services used to develop and produce life-changing medicines efficiently, sustainably and cost-effectively. The work we do with our customers has a lasting impact on global health.
If you’re looking for a senior commercial finance opportunity where you can partner with influential leaders, develop a broad understanding of a global business and use your financial expertise to shape commercial decisions, we’d love to hear from you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 10+ years of relevant work experience
- Significant commercial FP&A experience, including forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
- Experience managing large data sets and ensuring result quality and integrity
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong team-building and leadership skills
- Microsoft Excel proficiency
- CPA, CMA, or MBA
- Experience with Oracle, HFM/CMR, or SAP Analytics Cloud
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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