Thermo Fisher Scientific

Senior Director, Commercial Finance

Thermo Fisher Scientific

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Pittsburgh • Illinois • Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $175,100 - $233,500 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • The Senior Director of Finance will serve as a strategic thought partner to the Commercial Vice President, shaping and enabling growth strategies that deliver profitable bookings growth and market-share gains above overall market rates.
  • This role provides strategic financial leadership for the Sales organization, translating a deep understanding of business and financial drivers into clear strategic direction, disciplined execution, and sustained financial performance.
  • Partnering closely with Commercial and cross-functional leaders, the Senior Director of Finance will deliver rigorous financial analysis, challenge assumptions, and enable high-quality decision-making that balances growth, margin expansion, and risk management.
  • The role will provide strategic oversight of pricing, deal governance, and commercial performance, ensuring disciplined pricing strategies, efficient deal processes, and strong alignment with enterprise growth priorities.
  • The Senior Director of Finance will lead a high-performing world-wide finance organization, and ensure strong financial governance, compliance with US GAAP, and the highest ethical standards.

Requirements

  • An undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or related field; MBA desired
  • A minimum of 15 years of finance experience inclusive of prior P&L management experience
  • Consistent record delivering outstanding results and getting results beyond the finance function.
  • Outstanding leadership, communication, confident and mature manager, and business partner
  • Ability to effectively lead and implement ideas in a matrix environment and across functional and global business reporting structures.
  • Prior experience with manufacturing operations a plus.
  • Outstanding analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
  • Strong systems and analytic capabilities including HFM and Power BI.
  • Must possess a strong set of personal and business values aligned with our 4i values.
  • Fluent in English
  • Ability to travel domestic and internationally ~25%.
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
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Hard Skills & Tools
financeaccountingP&L managementfinancial analysispricing strategiesdeal governancerisk managementanalytical skillsproblem solvingcritical thinking
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstrategic thinkingcollaborationdecision-makingmature managementbusiness partnershipimplementation skillsvalues alignmentmatrix management
Certifications
MBA