
Senior Manager, Finance, Pharma Analytics BU
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Pleasanton • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $141,800 - $195,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Serve as the primary finance partner to BU leadership, offering clear, data-driven guidance on revenue performance, margin optimization, and investment allocation
- Support long-range planning, annual operating plan, and monthly/quarterly outlooks; articulate drivers, risks, and opportunities with confidence and accuracy
- Challenge assumptions constructively, pushing for disciplined decision-making and operational accountability
- Leverage ChatGPT and AI-assisted analysis to accelerate insight generation, scenario testing, and communication clarity across finance and cross-functional partners
- Own P&L management and deep-dive financial analytics across product lines, regions, and channels
- Lead monthly business reviews, synthesizing financial insights into succinct, actionable narratives
- Drive standardization and speed in reporting, forecasting, and KPI tracking
- Elevate gross margin analysis, product mix understanding, and pricing/volume/margin decomposition
- Build and maintain Power BI dashboards that improve visibility, self-service reporting, and proactive performance management
- Strengthen forecasting processes by improving data quality, cadence, and cross-functional alignment with Commercial, Operations, Product Management and R&D
- Partner with Supply Chain and Operations Finance to understand COGS, manufacturing variances, and inventory implications
- Improve financial controls and support audit, compliance, and SOX requirements
- Manage and develop a financial analyst in support of total PPA FP&A consolidations
- Foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Collaborate across Thermo Fisher’s matrix to align business unit finance with divisional and group objectives
- Champion adoption of Power BI, GenAI, and modern analytics practices within the PPA finance team
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 7–10+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally within life sciences, tools, diagnostics, or manufacturing environments
- Strong technical skills in financial modeling, forecasting, and data analysis
- Clear communicator who can simplify complexity and influence senior stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed organization with shifting priorities
- MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred
- Experience supporting product-driven businesses with complex portfolios
- Familiarity with Hyperion/Oracle and financial consolidation/reporting tools
- Hands-on experience using AI/GenAI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) for analytics, automation, or enhanced business communication
- Track record of implementing process upgrades or analytics improvements
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial modelingforecastingdata analysisP&L managementfinancial analyticsgross margin analysispricing analysisKPI trackingreportingprocess upgrades
Soft skills
clear communicationinfluencing stakeholdersconstructive challengeoperational accountabilitytransparencycontinuous improvementcollaborationadaptabilitydecision-makingsynthesizing insights
Certifications
MBACPACMA