Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Digital Finance Analytics DS/AI Lead to drive advanced analytics and Generative AI solutions that improve business insights, financial planning, forecasting, and decision support. This role sits within Finance and partners closely with FP&A, Business Unit Finance, Pricing, Commercial, Operations, and Marketing teams (as well as Strategy) to translate business questions into scalable analytical products-delivering forecast accuracy, scenario insights, profitability drivers, performance attribution, and executive-ready storytelling.
The ideal candidate blends strong finance acumen with hands-on analytics skills (SQL/Python) and experience applying machine learning/GenAI techniques to automate analysis and enhance insight generation. This is a high-impact role requiring stakeholder leadership, structured problem solving, and the ability to communicate complex findings clearly to senior leadership.
This is a hybrid position in Carlsbad, CA.
Key Responsibilities
Business Analytics Leadership & Decision Support
Lead the development of analytics solutions supporting FP&A forecasting, scenario planning, profitability and cost drivers, performance attribution, and business decision support.
Partner with Finance stakeholders to define problems, align success metrics, and deliver insights that influence investment, resource allocation, and operating decisions.
Create executive-ready narratives, visuals, and recommendations-connecting analytics outputs to business outcomes.
Advanced Analytics, Modeling & GenAI Enablement
Build and validate predictive models and analytical frameworks (e.g., forecasting models, driver-based models, segmentation, anomaly detection).
Develop and apply GenAI/NLP solutions to accelerate finance workflows (e.g., automated variance commentary, summarization of financial drivers, search/Q&A over finance documentation and reporting content).
Establish model performance standards (backtesting, accuracy/error metrics, stability monitoring) and ensure results are interpretable and decision-relevant.
Data, Automation & Scalable Reporting
Design curated datasets and repeatable pipelines that integrate finance and operational data for analysis (actuals, forecast, budget, drivers, and relevant external signals).
Improve reporting efficiency through automation and reusable analytical components, enabling self-service insights and consistent definitions.
Ensure data quality, documentation, lineage, and governance aligned to Finance expectations (controls, auditability, repeatability).
Cross-Functional Partnership & Capability Building
Collaborate with Pricing to quantify price realization, elasticity and trade-offs, and evaluate pricing actions that improve margin outcomes.
Partner with Commercial teams to understand pipeline and demand drivers, segment/customer performance, and growth opportunities tied to leading indicators.
Work with Operations and Supply Chain to model cost-to-serve, productivity, inventory/working capital drivers, and operational scenarios.
Coordinate with Marketing to measure campaign effectiveness, funnel conversion, and ROI impact on revenue and forecast drivers.
Collaborate with data engineering/platform teams to productionize analytics where needed, ensuring reliability, controls, and appropriate monitoring.
Contribute to best practices, templates, and playbooks for finance analytics and GenAI usage; support upskilling through documentation, office hours, and knowledge sharing.
Tools & Platforms (Positioned as enablers)
Analytics/BI: Power BI (preferred)
Data & Compute: Databricks and/or cloud data platforms
Programming: SQL and Python (required); Spark a plus
ML/AI: scikit-learn; exposure to GenAI/LLM tooling (e.g., OpenAI/LLM SDKs, LangChain/LangGraph)
Collaboration/Versioning: Git/GitHub, CI/CD, Agile Scrum
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree required in a quantitative discipline (Finance, Economics, Statistics, Analytics, Data Science, or related); Master's preferred.
5+ years experience in Finance, FP&A, or Finance Analytics with demonstrated advanced analytics/modeling experience.
Proven track record partnering with senior stakeholders and delivering analytics that impacts financial outcomes.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Strong finance fundamentals (forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, profitability drivers, KPIs).
Advanced analytical capability: SQL/Python, statistical analysis, modeling, and data visualization.
Experience applying ML techniques to business problems; ability to evaluate models using practical metrics and explain results.
Familiarity with GenAI concepts and responsible use in business workflows (prompting, evaluation, governance considerations).
Excellent communication skills and ability to influence in a matrixed environment; comfortable translating ambiguity into structured deliverables.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $103,100.00-$154,700.00.
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
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
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.
