Sr Financial Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Pittsburgh, PA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams partner with the business to understand performance, provide insights, and support decisions that help advance our Mission. Our global organization offers opportunities to build broad business experience and grow a rewarding career with the world leader in serving science. This position will preferably be based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Candidates based in Waltham, Massachusetts may also be considered. The role supports the Asset Management Services business within Instrument and Enterprise Services. Asset Management Services is a global services business, and this position will have primary financial responsibility for supporting the European business, along with responsibilities across the broader global organization. The position offers meaningful exposure to an international business and the opportunity to partner with Commercial, Operations, Accounting, and Finance colleagues across functions and geographies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 3+ years of relevant Finance experience, preferably in financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, or business finance.
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including forecasting, budgeting, reporting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning systems, financial reporting or planning tools, and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong communication and business partnering skills, with the ability to translate financial analysis into clear insights and build relationships across functions and geographies.
• Demonstrated curiosity, ownership, and accountability, with the confidence to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and consistently deliver high-quality work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP, Hyperion Planning, Power BI, Cognos, or similar platforms is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Own key financial reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis, with accountability for the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of financial information.
• Analyze performance against forecast, plan, and prior periods to identify business drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with Commercial and Operations teams to understand revenue, profitability, expenses, business pacing, and other drivers of performance.
• Translate financial and operational data into clear insights that help the business understand what happened, why it happened, and what actions are needed next.
• Drive follow-through on financial commitments by highlighting performance gaps, appropriately challenging assumptions, and helping business partners maintain accountability for agreed actions.
• Support monthly forecasting, annual planning, and long-term planning processes, ensuring assumptions are well understood and appropriately supported.
• Partner with Accounting during the monthly close to ensure the integrity of financial results, investigate unusual items, support accruals, and resolve financial reporting issues.
• Build financial models and provide analysis supporting pricing, expenses, headcount, investments, and other business decisions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate reporting, forecasting, and analytical processes to improve efficiency and insight.

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