Thermo Fisher Scientific · 5 hours ago
Sr. Director, Commercial Finance - Join a $40B Industry Leader!
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$175K/yr - $234K/yr
15+ years expThermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in the life sciences industry, dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. The Senior Director of Finance will provide strategic financial leadership for the Commercial organization, enabling profitable growth and market-share gains while ensuring compliance with financial standards and governance.
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Responsibilities
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
A key focus will be increasing customer share of wallet, expanding recurring revenue, improving accounts receivable performance, and enforcing backlog and commission governance
In addition, this leader will oversee commercial planning, forecasting, and performance management, leveraging advanced analytics, including AI-enabled insights and modern forecasting methodologies, to improve predictability, accountability, and outcomes
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
Through strong partnership, people leadership, and a continuous improvement mindset grounded in the PPI Business System, this role will directly support Thermo Fisher's Mission and long-term value creation
Ensure compliance and accounting-controllership are integrated into business decisions, in line with company policies, US GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Provide finance leadership for the global Business Unit sites and provide statutory reporting oversight
Qualification
Required
An undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
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
Outstanding analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
Strong communication skills, both spoken and written, with all levels of management
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%
Preferred
MBA desired
Prior experience with manufacturing operations a plus
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
Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
The world leader in serving science To serve science, Thermo Fisher Scientific needs to stay ahead of it, we need to anticipate customer needs.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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