**Work Schedule** Standard (Mon-Fri) **Environmental Conditions** Office **Job Description** **How you’ll make an impact?** Join Thermo Fisher Scientific's team for impactful work supporting a powerful mission. Our stable and growing company, with revenues over $40 billion, offers resources and opportunities for meaningful contributions. The Pharma Services Group has a division called DPD, which functions as a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for large and specialty pharma and biotech companies. DPD offers drug development services and commercial drug production, ultimately improving the lives of countless patients. The North America Business Unit includes 6 production facilities located in the US (3), Canada (2) and Porto Rico, but it serves customers globally. The team is accountable for the underlying operational results with full ownership of the consolidated P&L (Revenues more than $1.5B), Balance Sheet & Cash Flow statements. This role will report to the divisional Vice President, Finance Drug Product, and matrix into the Business Unit Vice President & General Manager (BU VP/GM). **What will you do:** The Sr. Finance Director guides a team of about 50 associates and is responsible for both long-term growth and short-term objectives to sustain future investments. This position offers strong business collaboration and analytical support to assist the business in the following: + Improve the assets' utilization, via commercial wins and operational efficiency. + Prioritize the investment opportunities. + Evolve the business model with the aim of delivering outstanding customer experience and generating the highest value for the company. **Key Responsibilities:** + Deliver financial objectives through efficient resource utilization and improved execution. + Own all the financial processes: forecast in close collaboration with Supply Chain and Business Management. Leverage the captive finance shared service centre (India) under the supervision of the Global Business Services team. Report into Group and Corporate through the standard reporting system suites & monthly and quarterly operational reviews. + Fiduciary responsibilities involving balance sheet accuracy, internal and external audits, SOX & Systems Access compliance. Full implementation and respect of all the corporate policies. + Own the business’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process as well as play a key role in developing the long-range strategy for the business. + Establish and improve performance metrics to assist with investment evaluation and decision-making with accurate and timely reporting and analysis of data. + Partner with the Commercial team to target the opportunities that are the best fit within our network of sites and improve our capabilities and capacity. + Operate in strong alignment with the other supporting functions (i.e. Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, PPI, Procurement) to constantly improve the operational efficiency. Fully demonstrate the benefits of the digital transformation in both the finance organization itself and the total business unit. + Recruit, retain, and grow a diverse team of Finance professionals, providing them with leadership, coaching and long-term career development. + Remove barriers to execution by constantly re-assessing and simplifying the functional and cross-functional processes. **How will you get here:** + Bachelor's degree experience in finance, accounting, or other relevant area. + 15 years of Finance experience with meaningful exposure to manufacturing and other operational finance settings (supply chain, large capital investments, quality, ..). + Supervision of large teams located across several sites and/or countries. + Effective communication at every level of the organization + Ability to work cross-functionally with individuals and teams developing strong relationships. + Focus on continuous improvement & confirmed experience in process optimization. + Balance multiple projects and complete them timely and efficiently! + Individual must possess high level of integrity and ethics, strong ability to understand business operations, and well-developed analytical skills. + Bring a passion to mentor and empower your teams to collaborate to achieve higher business performance At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 130,000 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. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.