Director, Finance - Viral Vector & Advanced Therapies Business

JOB DESCRIPTION

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division Specific Information

The Finance Director serves as a key member of the leadership team for the Viral Vector Services & Advanced Therapies business within the Pharma Services Group. As a leading CDMO partner supporting gene and advanced therapies, we provide end-to-end capabilities spanning process and analytical development through clinical and commercial manufacturing. Our experienced teams have successfully supported more than 100 client programs, delivering first-in-human clinical materials and accelerating innovative therapies from the laboratory to patients worldwide.

How will you make an impact?

As Finance Director, you will provide strategic financial leadership for the Viral Vector Services sites in the United States and Belgium, as well as the mRNA manufacturing site in Italy. This highly visible role carries full responsibility for the financial performance of the business, including ownership of the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow across the supported sites.

Partnering closely with site leaders and global business stakeholders, you will develop and execute financial strategies that drive profitable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation. You will lead a high-performing finance team responsible for forecasting, planning, performance management, and financial controls while ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer commitments.

Through data-driven insights and strong business partnership, you will influence key decisions related to investments, capacity, productivity, and resource allocation. Your leadership will help optimize operational performance, enhance financial outcomes, and support the continued growth of our global Advanced Therapies network.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Analysis and Reporting:

• Establish efficient and effective methods and measure what matters to provide appropriate real-time insights.
• Drive meticulous, standardized, and clear financial reporting to key site level and business level metrics (i.e. backlog, site utilization, productivity savings, and return on investment) and provide insights to execution for all business initiatives.
• Ensure compliance and strong controls are applied throughout all business activities, upholding policies and US GAAP.

Planning and Forecasting:

• Lead processes to develop operating plans down to the lowest level required driving accountability at the point of impact and ensuring there is alignment at all levels of the organization to deliver on financial objectives.
• Lead financial elements of the forecasting processes, including strategic plans and ongoing forecasts using predictive insights and innovative forecasting methods to drive improved accuracy and predictability.
• Collaborate to drive effective prioritization of business initiatives and alignment with financial objectives.

Business Partnership & Leadership:

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop talent, encouraging a continuous improvement mentality.
• Act as a trusted business partner to leadership, providing financial management and strategic insights and leading critical initiatives to drive profitable growth and achieve/outperform goals.
• Facilitate strong alignment and business partnership with all functions to drive successful outcomes including complexity reduction, efficiency, indirect cost management, inventory risk management, and capital allocation.

How will you get here?

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA strongly desired.

Minimum of 10 years of dynamic finance experience with management roles, including finance leadership and operations finance expertise.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Consistent record of outstanding results and team development

Outstanding leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

Ability to navigate in a matrix environment and across functional and global structures

Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills

Strong executive presence

Experience in driving transformation within operational organizations is desired

Proficient in systems and data analytics

Strong personal and business values aligned with the organization's principles

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000+ extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $160,100.00–$240,000.00.

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 U.S. 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) U.S. retirement savings plan

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

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