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 - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

About the team: Commercial Finance plays a pivotal role in Clinical Research Group by partnering with departments across the entire organization to help our clients take control of their study finances. Our team offers end-to-end commercial lifecycle management, from a request for proposal to contract modification, to study close. The team also provides profitability analysis, centralized operational bidding and a wide variety of client outsourcing services.

Key responsibilities of the Commercial Finance Specialist:

• Ensures requests are completed efficiently within expected delivery timelines securing consistency and bid quality
• Applies standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained
• Communicates directly and regularly with requestors to seek additional information when missing or to seek further clarifications when needed to complete tasks most effectively
• Effectively communicates any issues related to requests or data with requestor and/or manager with possible solutions to ensure quick resolution
• Enters accurate information into the proposal and contract tracking database so that timely and accurate reports can be generated
• Applies quality control procedures to ensure proposal budgets conform to departmental standards.

Required Experience:

• Former experience in business focused roles preferably in a multinational environment will be considered an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software
• Excel literacy (e.g. pivot tables/charts, formulas, etc.)
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Detailed-oriented personality, analytical thinking, problem-solving attitude and multi-tasking skills
• The ability to analyze financial and budget information from diverse sources and understand the impact of key budget drivers, inflation, billing rates, exchange rates and discounts will also be an advantage.

What We Offer:

• Learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential
• Extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees
• Competitive salary
• Flexible working culture with work- life balance
• Collaborative and friendly environment
• Global exposure and opportunity to work on international assignments.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.