Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

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

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves livesand 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.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory's role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision makingwe are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis is responsible for leading financial planning and analysis activities within the Global Technology R&D Organization (GTO). This role partners closely with R&D and Business Unit leaders to support business decisions across month-end close, forecasting, and budgeting, and plays a key part in shaping investment decisions, optimizing resource allocation, and supporting the innovation pipeline.

This position reports to the Senior Finance Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis and is part of the Business Unit Finance team located in Brea, CA or Chaska, MN and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead the preparation and analysis of monthly actuals and forecasts, as well as annual budgets for assigned areas
• Provide financial leadership and insights to support high-impact Business Unit initiatives
• Partner with project teams to track financial performance, forecast spending, and optimize resource utilization
• Develop and maintain financial models for new product development to support prioritization and strategic roadmap planning
• Identify and drive process improvements across reporting and analytics, including the design and deployment of AI-driven analytics to transform forecasting, insights, and decision-making

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field with 9+ years experience OR Master's degree in field with 7+ years experience OR Doctoral degree in field with 4+ years experience
• Progressive financial planning and analysis experience
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, along with strong overall PC skills

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Oracle EBS and SAP Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) / EPM
• Experience building and maintaining Power BI dashboards
• Experience with Copilot and other AI tools, including prompt design and automation use cases

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

The annual salary range for this role is USD $120K-$150K . This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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