Finance Manager Global Pathology and Microbiology

Idexx•Westbrook, ID

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Manager, Global Pathology and Microbiology leads financial strategy and business partnerships for IDEXX’s global Pathology and Microbiology reference laboratory operations. The role owns forecasting, budgeting, reporting, financial modeling, and financial support for global pathology capacity and demand planning, while managing a team of finance professionals. It partners closely with Pathology and Microbiology leadership, Lab Operations, Product Management, and TechOps, and contributes to the financial success and growth of the IDEXX Companion Animal Group. As the senior finance partner to Pathology and Microbiology leadership, this role provides decision support on investment, capacity, test mix, pricing, volume growth, productivity, and margin performance. It identifies, quantifies, and tracks savings and productivity initiatives, challenges assumptions, and helps ensure operational decisions are financially sound. The role partners with the global capacity and demand planning team to review case volume forecasts by discipline, region, and lab; align assumptions with the financial plan; model capacity options; and assess the financial reasonableness of demand and capacity plan outputs. It also supports standardization of planning methods and financial views for onboarding regions. The Finance Manager leads strategic planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, period-end close, and P&L reporting for Pathology and Microbiology. The role develops financial models for significant initiatives and translates results into forecast and long-range plan impacts. It is accountable for control effectiveness, mitigation of control gaps, and improvements and automation in planning and reporting. The position also manages, coaches, and develops a team of finance professionals in a global, multi-site environment. This is a hybrid role based at either the IDEXX office in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, or Westbrook, Maine, with a minimum of eight days per month onsite.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
At least 8 years of progressive FP&A or finance experience, including ownership of complex planning cycles and senior-level business partnership.
At least 5 years of people management experience and a track record of building and developing high-performing teams.
Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Ability to influence senior leaders and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, global environment.
Fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or MBA.
Experience with capacity planning, demand forecasting, or workforce planning.
Laboratory, healthcare diagnostics, or regulated operations experience.
Experience with BI tools and financial systems.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior finance partner to Pathology and Microbiology leadership, shaping decisions on investment, capacity, and margin performance.
Provide decision support on test mix, pricing, volume growth, productivity initiatives, and margin performance.
Identify, quantify, and track savings and productivity initiatives to ensure benefits are realized.
Challenge assumptions and ensure operational decisions are financially sound.
Review case volume forecasts by discipline, region, and laboratory with the global capacity and demand planning team.
Align volume assumptions with the financial plan and flag differences from budget, actuals, or business expectations.
Model capacity levers, including pathologist hiring, contract and locum coverage, case routing, digital pathology, and workflow automation, and recommend a cost-effective mix.
Partner with the global capacity planning team and Pathology leaders to standardize definitions and methods for non-case-reading work and develop consistent financial views for onboarding regions.
Review global pathology demand and capacity plan outputs for financial reasonableness, explain changes, and ensure staffing and cost outputs are credible to leadership.
Lead strategic planning, annual budgeting, and forecasting for Pathology and Microbiology, integrating capacity and demand assumptions.
Oversee period-end close, including accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
Own monthly, quarterly, and annual P&L reporting for revenue, gross margin, capital, and operating expenses, delivering actionable insights to senior leadership.
Lead financial modeling for high-impact initiatives, including new test launches, portfolio expansion, automation, and productivity investments, and incorporate results into forecasts and long-range plans.
Own control effectiveness for Pathology and Microbiology finance, escalate material gaps to senior finance leadership, and lead control-gap mitigation.
Drive process improvement and automation in planning and reporting.
Manage a team of finance professionals by assigning work, setting goals and priorities, and evaluating results.
Coach and develop team members and foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across a global, multi-site environment.