Financial Analyst III - Commercial Finance

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At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges.

How will you make an impact?

The Financial Analyst III – Commercial Finance will be a key member of the Laboratory Products Group (LPG) Finance organization, providing financial planning, analysis, and decision support across the North America commercial organization. This role will partner closely with Commercial and Finance leadership to provide actionable insights that support business performance, resource allocation, and strategic decision-making.

The position provides broad exposure across the commercial organization, supporting sales leadership, commercial overlay teams, business units, and other strategic priorities. Responsibilities include commercial performance analytics, operating expense planning and management, forecasting, executive reporting, and business decision support. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating across multiple areas of the business, managing competing priorities, and translating complex financial and commercial data into clear insights and recommendations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated finance professional who combines strong analytical capabilities with intellectual curiosity, business partnership, and a continuous improvement mindset.

What will you do?

• Serve as a Finance business partner to North America Commercial leadership and cross-functional teams, providing financial analysis and decision support across key commercial priorities.
• Support commercial leaders and specialized sales organizations, including Channel Management, Key Accounts, and other commercial teams, with performance analytics, forecasting, and strategic decision support.
• Support operating expense planning and performance management for the North America Commercial organization, including annual planning, monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and identification of risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Commercial leadership to manage departmental budgets and provide clear visibility into spending trends, resource allocation, headcount, and key financial drivers.
• Develop monthly forecasts, quarterly outlooks, and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) submissions, incorporating business trends, financial performance, and input from key stakeholders.
• Analyze bookings, revenue, backlog, pipeline conversion, customer trends, pricing, and other commercial performance indicators to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and underlying business drivers.
• Support financial analysis and business partnership across business units and commercial initiatives as organizational priorities evolve.
• Prepare and deliver recurring reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and presentations for Commercial, Finance, Business Unit, and senior leadership, including support for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews.
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate business opportunities, resource allocation decisions, investments, and other strategic initiatives.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Controllership, Commercial Operations, Human Resources, and other functions to ensure accurate financial reporting, effective planning processes, and clear accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement across recurring Finance processes through standardization, simplification, automation, and improved use of data and analytics.
• Leverage tools including Excel and Power BI to analyze large and complex datasets, improve reporting capabilities, and develop actionable commercial and financial insights.
• Investigate data discrepancies and reporting issues, identify root causes, and partner with appropriate teams to implement sustainable solutions.
• Perform ad hoc financial and commercial analyses to support leadership decision-making and evolving business needs.

How will you get here?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field required.

Experience

• 3+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, Financial Analysis, or a related Finance function.
• Experience supporting a commercial or sales organization strongly preferred.
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Experience working in a large, complex, and matrixed organization preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills with the ability to work with large and complex datasets.
• Demonstrated ability to translate financial and operational data into actionable business insights and recommendations.
• Strong business partnership skills with the ability to build relationships and effectively support stakeholders across multiple functions and levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, operate effectively in a dynamic environment, and adapt to evolving business needs.
• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to understand broader business drivers and communicate the implications of financial performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate complex financial concepts to both Finance and non-Finance audiences.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills required; Power BI experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with enterprise financial planning and reporting systems preferred.
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious, and comfortable identifying opportunities to improve existing processes and analytical capabilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and develop practical solutions.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a broader Finance and cross-functional team.