Finance Director, Life Sciences Group - Global Operations

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Carlsbad, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Finance Director supports Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Life Sciences Group (LSG), including operations ecosystem support for the Bioproduction Group (BPG). The role drives and manages key global business operating mechanisms, including the annual operating plan, monthly financial reporting and forecasting, capital and inventory forecasting, and data insight and foresight. The Finance Director partners with leadership teams to develop actions and recommendations that help the business achieve its financial objectives, supporting both short-term and long-term goals.

The role provides leadership to an organization of up to nine people, including three direct senior manager roles. It develops staff, builds effective teams, supports career goals, leads organizational change, and promotes engagement and strong performance. The position also coordinates operating reviews, budgeting and forecasting, capital requests, management reporting, and financial analysis across operations teams, divisions, shared functions, and finance partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• At least 7 years of professional experience in finance or accounting.
• Ability to navigate and influence in a matrix organization.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and a team-first mentality.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret and summarize financial analysis clearly, concisely, and accurately.
• Strong business acumen and confidence interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Ability and desire to formulate and drive process improvements, including confidence to challenge the status quo.
• Technical ability to navigate the interplay between financial systems.
• Strong technical and analytical skills to influence strategic business decisions.

Nice To Haves

• CPA and/or MBA.
• Cost accounting or consolidations experience.
• Systems experience, including EDW, Hyperion Planning, or CMR.
• Knowledge of Power BI or other business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead an organization of up to nine, including three direct senior manager roles, by managing organizational change, developing and empowering staff, cultivating relationships, building effective teams, and promoting engagement and performance.
• Develop and coordinate monthly operating reviews with division operations teams and shared operational support functions, using standardized templates and key metrics.
• Partner with Group Finance to develop OCOGs, inventory, and CAPEX reporting that supports the organizational leadership structure and clarifies divisional profitability and cash flows.
• Prepare and coordinate capital requests and financial justifications, including spending tracking and forecasting.
• Lead annual budgeting and monthly forecast coordination and reporting for Operations with group, division, shared operations, and finance leaders.
• Prepare and coordinate division-level management reporting and analysis, including monthly and quarterly bridges.
• Work with group-level PPI resources to validate and report value capture on project trackers.
• Analyze the financial impact of operational activities and recommend actionable improvements to management.
• Initiate improvements to business-supporting and business-management tools, including systems, procedures, instructions, formats, and performance indicators.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration.
• Annual incentive plan or variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.
• Choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
• At least 120 hours of paid time off and 10 paid holidays annually.
• Paid parental leave, including 3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave.
• Accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan, offering eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director