Join Us as a Senior Project Budget Analyst

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.

We have successfully supported the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and more than 750 biotechs spanning 2700 clinical trials across 100 countries in the last 5 years.

As a Senior Project Budget Analyst, you will contribute to the achievement of financial and business objectives through timely monitoring and analysis of budgets and resource data for simple to complex and/or large scale program/project portfolio.

You will work cross-functionally with other departments and functional project leads to complete assigned tasks on time. Responsibilities include also providing mentorship and training to junior team members.

What You’ll Do

• Administer the daily financial management of simple to complex studies and/or large scale programs for the functional area’s portion of a project budget with minimal supervision
• Lead preparation of contract modifications and guide team through the contract modification process, ensuring consistency and coordination across multiple projects with the same client
• Participate in the management of risk
• Identify/escalate/address risks, update risk management tools, and actively participate in risk meetings
• Assist with bidding and prepare new award budget revisions with supervision
• Work closely with management to revise bidding assumptions, provide scope of work descriptions, update the bidding tool, and document bidding assumptions and revision histories
• Serve as a mentor and provide training to team members on project financials and project management
• Interact with sponsor management and other departments on status or topics related to the study(s) they are assigned to
• These topics can include, but are not limited to, scope of work, contract modifications, timelines, and cost subject matter
• Review and make recommendations for continuous improvement

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, mathematics, or related field or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job comparable to 5 years
• 3+ years complex project management experience, including allocation of resources against budget forecasting and completion/coordination of related quantitative and analytical tasks is preferred
• In some cases, an equivalency consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent budgeting, forecasting, and resource management skills
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Proficient in problem solving
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, etc.) for analysis and presentation of data
• Solid understanding of project management principles and application
• Know how to multitask
• Able of working independently
• Capable of providing mentorship and training and promoting teamwork in a multidisciplinary team setting
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to adjust to changing priorities
• Cooperative and supportive team member

Working Environment

Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive.

Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment
• Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel, both domestic and international

Why Join Us

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence.

You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.