Finance Manager
Thermo Fisher
Summary
Drug Substance is an approximately $1B business within Pharma Services, supporting pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers with drug substance development and manufacturing.
Job description
How you will make an impact
Drug Substance is an approximately $1B business within Pharma Services, supporting pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers with drug substance development and manufacturing.
We are seeking a Finance Manager to lead finance and business partnering for the St. Louis site. You will own financial planning and analytics for the site, provide decision support, identify and implement operational improvement opportunities, and develop a high-performing finance team.
What you will do
- Help lead the site's Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), strategic plan (STRAP), and Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), coordinating forecasts across a matrixed organization.
- Monitor and analyze financial performance, leading monthly and quarterly reporting on revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, key performance indicators, and capital expenditures.
- Develop and maintain robust cash flow forecasts, partnering with site and business leaders to understand key drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and support timely decisions.
- Lead business analysis using complex data and structured problem-solving.
- Assess performance against key business metrics and communicate financial insights that clarify progress against strategic plans.
- Select and apply effective tools and methods to explain complex data and business topics.
- Develop clear, concise, and engaging presentations for business leaders.
- Identify, communicate, and lead actions to address risks and opportunities.
How you will get here
Requirements
- Advanced degree and 6–10 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in financial planning and analysis, reporting, and business partnering.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Strong finance skills and a record of academic achievement.
- Proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling and analysis, and in PowerPoint.
- Experience with SAP, Hyperion, and PLN, or equivalent financial systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to influence and partner effectively with business leaders.
Travel: Up to 25% domestic travel, including travel to the St. Louis site.
Requirements
- Advanced degree
- 6–10 years of relevant experience
- Expertise in financial planning and analysis
- Expertise in reporting
- Expertise in business partnering
- Strong finance skills
- Record of academic achievement
- Proficiency in Excel including financial modeling and analysis
- Proficiency in PowerPoint
- Experience with SAP, Hyperion, and PLN or equivalent financial systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to influence and partner with business leaders
- Up to 25% domestic travel
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software, and services for research, analysis, discovery, and diagnostics. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, and increasing laboratory productivity. Thermo Fisher serves pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions, and government agencies worldwide. The company operates through four business segments: Life Sciences Solutions, Analytical Instruments, Specialty Diagnostics, and Laboratory Products and Services.