Senior Manager, Finance, Pharma Analytics BU

Business Partnership & Strategic Support

• 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.

Financial Management & Performance Analytics

• 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.

Operational Execution

• 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.

Leadership & Collaboration

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CPA, or CMA.
• Experience supporting product-driven businesses with complex portfolios.
• Familiarity with Hyperion/Oracle and financial consolidation/reporting tools.
• Hands-on experience using AI/GenAI tools (, ChatGPT) for analytics, automation, or enhanced business communication.
• Track record of implementing process upgrades or analytics improvements.

Personal Attributes

• Highly analytical, skeptical of weak assumptions, and comfortable challenging the status quo.
• Practical, solutions-oriented, and able to translate insights into action.
• Collaborator who builds trust quickly and communicates with clarity.
• Curious, technology-forward mindset with a willingness to adopt and champion modern analytics and AI tools.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $141,–$195,

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• 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) retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount