Global Commercial Senior Finance Manager (Digital Pathology)
Danaher Corporation
Summary
The Global Senior Commercial Finance Manager will lead complex financial analyses, develop executive-level reporting and performance frameworks, and influence business decisions through data-driven insights. This role supports our fastest-growing segment, with strong double-digit growth, and a strong focus on innovation and supporting cancer diagnostics through AI. The role will also drive standardization of commercial metrics, processes, and analytics across geographies while leveraging Danaher Business System (DBS) tools to support continuous improvement. This position reports to the Senior Director, Commercial Finance – US Operations & Global FP&A and is on-site in Deer Park, IL.
Job description
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Partner with global digital pathology commercial leadership to drive business performance and profitable growth, providing financial leadership across orders, revenue, funnel health, pricing, and profitability, while delivering actionable insights and recommendations that influence strategic and operational decision-making.
- Lead global commercial performance management, developing and maintaining executive dashboards, key performance indicators, and reporting frameworks that provide visibility into business performance across regions, product lines, and channels.
- Lead pricing, margin, and profitability analyses, partnering with commercial leaders to evaluate pricing strategies, customer investments, commercial programs, and growth initiatives while ensuring alignment with profitability objectives and continuing to drive double-digit growth.
- Partner with regional finance teams to establish consistent performance management methodologies, ensuring alignment of reporting, forecasting assumptions, metrics, and analytical approaches across the organization.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, standardizing commercial reporting, enhancing forecasting accuracy, and improving decision-support capabilities across the business.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field with a preference of 8+ years of progressive experience in commercial finance, FP&A, business partnering, or financial leadership; OR a Master's degree with at least 6+ years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience partnering with senior commercial and business leaders to influence strategy, drive financial performance, and support complex business decisions.
- Strong understanding of commercial business drivers, including orders, revenue growth, funnel management, pricing, profitability, productivity metrics, and market expansion strategies.
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including the ability to effectively communicate financial performance, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, matrixed environment, managing multiple priorities while driving results through cross-functional collaboration and influence.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with experience utilizing ERP, business intelligence, and performance management systems such as SAP, Power BI, OneStream, or similar platforms.
- CPA
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field with a preference of 8+ years of progressive experience in commercial finance, FP&A, business partnering, or financial leadership; OR a Master's degree with at least 6+ years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience partnering with senior commercial and business leaders to influence strategy, drive financial performance, and support complex business decisions.
- Strong understanding of commercial business drivers, including orders, revenue growth, funnel management, pricing, profitability, productivity metrics, and market expansion strategies.
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including the ability to effectively communicate financial performance, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, matrixed environment, managing multiple priorities while driving results through cross-functional collaboration and influence.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with experience utilizing ERP, business intelligence, and performance management systems such as SAP, Power BI, OneStream, or similar platforms.
- CPA
Benefits
- Health care program
- Paid time off
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Bonus/incentive pay
Company overview
Danaher Corporation is a leading global science and technology innovator headquartered in Washington, D.C., specializing in biotechnology, life sciences, and diagnostics. Founded in 1984 by brothers Steven and Mitchell Rales, the company has evolved from its origins as a manufacturing conglomerate into a premier healthcare technology organization with approximately 63,000 employees worldwide. Danaher operates through three core divisions: biotechnology (28% of revenues), which develops products for therapeutic development; life sciences (31% of revenues), focused on disease identification, new therapies, and drug testing/manufacturing; and diagnostics (41% of revenues), providing instruments, consumables, and software for disease diagnosis. The company's portfolio includes renowned brands such as Beckman Coulter, Cytiva, Pall Corporation, Cepheid, Leica Microsystems, and Abcam, serving pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, healthcare providers, and research institutions globally. Danaher is distinguished by its Danaher Business System (DBS), a continuous improvement methodology that drives innovation and operational excellence. With 2024 revenues of $23.9 billion, the company ranks 180th on the Fortune 500 and plays a critical role in advancing scientific research, improving diagnostic capabilities, and accelerating the development of life-saving therapies.