Sr Finance Manager – GenMed Operations and R&D

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

The Sr Finance Manager – GenMed Operations and R&D role will have ownership of Operations financial management, including standard work and governance of GenMed manufacturing plants’ financial reporting and processes, together with delivering financial reporting and analysis for GenMed inventory, E&O and capex. This role will also collaborate with FP&A to drive financial visibility, rigor and performance of GenMed R&D. This position reports to the CFO, Genomic Medicine and is part of the Genomic Medicine Finance team. The role is located Amersham Place, UK (or Budapest, Hungary or Bangalore, India) and will be an on-site role.

What you will do:

• Drive Operations Finance oversight and governance to the Plant Finance and Operations teams in Switzerland & Canada, by establishing Standard Work, Daily Management and continuous improvement processes across the key financial performance metrics (includes PPV/VAVE, Labor & Overhead Productivity, inventory and turns).
• Finance business partner to Operations Integration Director.
• Ownership and delivery of inventory reporting including turns calculations, inventory variance analysis, monthly actuals process, forecast consolidation, and budget planning.
• Ownership and delivery of inventory E&O forecasting for GenMed sites, working with Plant Finance to provide transparency on E&O risk.
• Ownership of standard cost update process, supporting Plant Finance, preparing consolidation and analysis of update impact, and primary point of contact for the GenMed OpCo.
• Financial management and governance of capex across GenMed, coordination between the sites and functions and Cytiva HQ.
• Lead GenMed-specific Operations Finance process improvements, including Kaizens or operationalizing Standard Work, and supporting the Plant Operations Finance Controllers to improve their processes as the Operations Finance subject matter expert.
• Finance support for GenMed R&D in collaboration with FP&A Director, financial oversight and governance of annual R&D expenditure, business cases and return on investments; provide financial insights to enable innovation investment decision-support.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration, or equivalent knowledge or experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of progressive financial experience focused on providing budget, forecast, and business analysis support with a large, sophisticated organization.
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated leadership and business partnering competencies, focused on driving operational results. Action-oriented, and proficient in both a supporting and a challenging role with business partners.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel & financial modelling skills. Proficiency in financial & BI systems (Oracle, OneStream, QlikSense etc.).
• Strong technical finance & analytical skills, proven ability to use large sets of data and summarise into key takeaways and actions for the senior leadership team. Strong business acumen, must be able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.
• Key competencies include highly flexible/open to change, attention to detail, initiative, communication, analytical skills, relationship/team management, critical thinking, strong sense of urgency/accountability, quick learner/problem solver.

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Cytiva we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognise the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team.

Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Cytiva can provide. Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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