Director, Finance – Shared Services
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Americas, Costa Rica, Lagunilla
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Salary
Rank
Director
Responsibility
Functional Tower Lead
Scope
Regional
Workplace
100% in office
Functions
Finance
Reports to
Level
N-2
Travel Max:
0%
Posting Date
08-17-2025
Description
Join our GBS team as Finance Director to lead financial planning, analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
Seeking candidate with extensive business experience, skilled in partnering to achieve financial goals and leading successful teams.
This role is office-based at either our Budapest, Hungary site, or our Lagunilla, Costa Rica site. There will be the flexibility to work from home 1 day per week. Occasional international travel will be required.
Key Responsibilities
- Partnership: Partner seamlessly with workstream leaders to drive financial and operational results supporting Thermo Fisher Scientific’s strategic and financial goals
- Financial Domain and Management Reporting: Ensure high integrity of financials and clarity in understanding results; deliver a cohesive story for senior leadership decision-making through reviews
- Process Acuity: Own and lead key financial processes, including AOP, STRAP, month-end and quarter closes, and shared service project reporting
- Flexibility: Work cross-functionally with individuals and teams from different areas and drive continuous operational improvement in daily activities
Qualification & Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Accounting or Economics strongly desired; CPA or MBA preferred
- Proven experience (10+ years ideally) in financial management, preferably in a global organization or within shared service sector
- High Potential Talent: Demonstrate consistent performance, drive, flexibility, and financial acuity
- Leadership: Lead a finance team of eight, including three managers, and provide business partnership to succeed against goals
- Influence: Understand and translate business challenges and requirements into sound solutions attaining consensus to support innovative ideas with the leadership team
- Balance leading finance responsibilities daily, partner on operational aspects, frame leadership priorities.
- Hard-working: Surpass goals, deliver consistently, and achieve outstanding outcomes; capable of leading projects, collaborating with diverse teams, and achieving results in a dynamic environment
- Data-Focused: Acquire and analyze data to drive your forecasting and identification of risks and opportunities of financial results vs plan
- Innovative: Challenge core processes and use prior finance experience to drive innovative solutions and daily efficiency
- Communication: Excellent communication and social skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and regions; Advanced level of English language
Benefits
We strive to bring together and develop extraordinary colleagues who share our passion for making significant contributions to the world. One way we do this is by offering a comprehensive total rewards package that colleagues and their families can count on.
Our total rewards are designed to recognize outstanding performance and meet the diverse needs of all our colleagues – at every stage of their personal and professional lives. We regularly evaluate and measure our program against established benchmarks to ensure we are delivering the right mix of services and resources, and that our participants are receiving a consistently great experience.
No matter where your life and career may take you with Thermo Fisher, you can always rely on our support.
Company Profile
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Revenue
$42.86B
Employees
130,000
Fortune 500 Rank
#101
Global 500 Rank
#356
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