Senior Manager Finance, North America, Commercial

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Carlsbad, CA

2d • $130,000 - $194,950 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Finance Manager, North America Commercial Finance will serve as a strategic finance partner to the North America Commercial Leadership Team within the Genetic Sciences Division. This role will provide financial leadership, business insight, and decision support to help drive revenue growth, improve commercial execution, and optimize business performance. The successful candidate will combine strong commercial acumen with core FP&A expertise, partnering closely with Commercial, Marketing, Business Unit, and Finance leaders to shape go-to-market strategy, identify areas of opportunity and risk, and translate business performance into actionable recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
• Progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, Commercial Finance, or a related field, with demonstrated experience supporting senior business leaders.
• Strong understanding of financial and commercial performance drivers, including revenue growth, pricing, volume, mix, margin, operating expenses, and return on investment.
• Demonstrated experience leading forecasting, annual planning, financial reporting, and business performance reviews.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into clear business insights.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to effectively partner across functions and levels within a matrixed organization.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with strong execution, attention to detail, and a high degree of ownership.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within life sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare, or a similarly complex commercial environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance partner to the North America Commercial Leadership Team, providing strategic financial guidance and decision support.
• Partner with commercial leadership on go-to-market strategy, including customer segmentation, sales coverage, pricing, channel, portfolio, and resource allocation decisions.
• Develop a deep understanding of market, customer, and business dynamics to proactively identify growth opportunities, emerging risks, and actions to improve performance.
• Lead forecasting, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and long-range planning for the North America Commercial organization.
• Lead monthly and quarterly business performance reviews, providing clear insights into revenue, operating expenses, key business drivers, and performance versus plan.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of risks and opportunities and partner with business leaders to develop appropriate actions and mitigation plans.
• Develop financial models, business cases, and scenario analyses to evaluate commercial investments and strategic initiatives.
• Translate complex financial and commercial data into concise, actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting, forecasting, analytics, and planning processes, including opportunities for simplification and automation.
• Promote strong financial discipline, accountability, and compliance with company policies and controls.

Benefits

• A 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 paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (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
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

What This Job Offers

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