Finance Manager, FP&A

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Role Summary

Joining Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), you will play a pivotal role supporting the Clinical Trials Division (CTD) within our Pharma Services Group—helping enable the global services and capabilities that support clinical research and drug development for our customers. In this role, you will lead core elements of CTD’s financial operating rhythm and serve as a primary owner of executive performance storytelling. You will drive forecasting, performance management, and decision support in a complex, matrixed environment—setting standards, enforcing governance, and influencing actions across commercial and operational partners. Success requires strong analytical judgment, executive communication skills, and the ability to lead through influence to deliver outcomes at scale.

What You Will Do

Executive performance rhythm ownership (MBR / QBR)

• Own end-to-end delivery of CTD’s monthly MBR and quarterly QBR decks, serving as the single point of accountability for readiness, accuracy, and storyline cohesion.
• Translate complex performance drivers into an executive narrative: what happened, why, what it means, and what we’re doing next.
• Set expectations with BU partners, drive inputs to deadline, and ensure leadership-ready outputs (standard views, clear bridges, clean formatting, accurate links).

SG&A and headcount leadership

• Own CTD’s SG&A / OPEX and headcount performance reporting and forecasting—building clear views of run-rate, productivity, and structural vs. timing impacts.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on workforce and cost assumptions; surface variance drivers and recommend corrective actions to leadership.
• Establish standardized definitions and reporting to ensure consistent interpretation across stakeholders.

Revenue forecasting leadership

• Lead key components of CTD’s revenue forecasting process through driver-based analytics, variance explanations, and consolidation of BU inputs.
• Identify risks/opportunities early (mix, volume, key customer/program dynamics) and drive actions with commercial and operational partners to protect outcomes.
• Ensure forecasting assumptions and outputs are consistent, comparable, and audit-ready across cycles.

FCF / working capital visibility and action tracking

• Own recurring working capital / FCF reporting and performance visibility, including cash timing, AR/AP dynamics, and in-quarter drivers.
• Provide leadership with forward-looking views of cash timing risks and mitigation options.

Standardization, governance, QA, and data integrity (raising the bar)

• Set and enforce FP&A operating standards: recurring data integrity checks, tie-outs across systems, and exception-based issue escalation.
• Drive standardization of templates, definitions, and deliverables to reduce noise, improve comparability, and increase stakeholder confidence.
• Own QA across executive reporting to ensure numbers, linkages, and commentary are consistent, accurate, and presentation-ready.

Finance Digitization leadership (Power BI, automation, AI)

• Partner with the Digital Finance team to modernize CTD FP&A delivery—reducing manual effort and increasing self-service insight through scalable solutions.
• Own the FP&A digitization roadmap for your scope: prioritize use cases, define requirements, validate outputs, and drive adoption.
• Deliver outcomes through:
  • Power BI dashboards for MBR/QBR and executive KPI reporting (standard KPI set, drilldowns, self-service views)
  • Process automation for recurring FP&A activities (deck production, validation routines, tie-outs, commentary inputs)
  • AI-enabled workflows to improve speed/quality (first-pass variance narratives, anomaly detection—within approved governance)

Matrix leadership and influence

• Operate as a trusted finance partner across BU finance, operations, and commercial teams—driving alignment, accountability, and decision-making.
• Influence without authority: establish deadlines, manage trade-offs, and ensure follow-through across stakeholders.

How You Will Get Here

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or equivalent experience required
• MBA/CPA preferred
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