Executive Assistant to Chief Financial Officer

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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This position reports to the Cytiva Chief Financial Officer and is part of the Finance organization. This role will be located onsite in our Marlborough, MA office.

What you will do:

• Serve as the point of contact between the CFO, executives, and internal external colleagues. This will include providing additional Marlborough site support (e.g. broader Danaher meeting coordination) and serving as the liaison to the Marlborough site, including supporting events and volunteer activities. Coordinate all travel arrangements, collect travel documentation and receipts to prepare and process expense reports for timely corporate card settlement.

• Heavy complex calendar management to ensure CFO attendance for domestic and global meetings and events; anticipate executive needs and attend to preferences to meet high demands of meeting requests. This includes planning business calendar for meetings with relevant stakeholders and attendees to seek efficient and effective use of time and resources, as determined by the CFO. Further provide logistical support for Finance leadership team members to include scheduling and coordinating internal and external meetings, conference calls, and quarterly site leadership team meetings.

• Provide assistance with ad-hoc projects according to team priorities in support of and drive associate engagement. Further manage and follow up on action items to sustain engagement activities.

• Provide occasional support for global-based team associates travelling internationally, to include larger meetings for wider audiences outside of immediate function. Collaborate with other executive assistants to support department initiatives and activities.

• Manage communication channels with functional leadership support using various technology platforms, e.g. virtual townhalls. Own the preparation and distribution of announcements and functional intranet updates, audit distribution lists to ensure accuracy for communications, along with managing Finance-related site mail. Further, compile critical information and presentation materials, coordinate functional communications, staff meetings, and recognition activities.

Who you are:

• Seasoned professional with solid executive support experience with the flexibility to address urgent requests even beyond normal office hours as business needs require.

• Comfort engaging with senior management and international contacts, along with a strong sense of confidentiality and ability to handle sensitive information in a discrete manner

• Advanced MS Office skills, high degree of computer literacy and experience leveraging virtual communication tools (e.g. Teams).

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently, proactive approach and outlook, and attention to detail. This will include the ability to demonstrate excellent time management skills, multitask and prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with being a strong team player with excellent networking skills while understanding the cultural sensitivities across a global organization. Highly process improvement focused, organized, service minded and results oriented.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Occasional travel per business needs