Financial Planning Analyst

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Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, 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.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions.

With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the

Danaher Business System

which makes everything possible.

Financial Planning Analyst

Come join a fantastic team! Financial Planning Analyst is responsible for partnering with our business on key areas along with creating financial reports to assist the managing director to effectively manage the business. Establishes professional relationships with key personnel in sales, marketing and finance.

The Financial Planning Analyst position is critical in helping build financial models, assisting in compensation plans / reporting for our sales team, and supplementing sales in driving strong financial decisions. The financial analyst must also build strong internal customer relationships.

This position reports to the Finance FP&A Manager - Americas and is part of the Finance and Accounting team located in Deerfield, IL and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to :

Act as business partner and create financial reports in order to help the managing director better manage the business area

Prepare and analyze sales and margin plus annual cost center budgets in order to ensure the business area sets realistic goals for the growth in sales and profits.

Prepare income statement forecasts and substantiate any budget deviations to ensure that the business area is on track to achieve its commitments to the corporation

Participate in supporting SOX tests and Financial audits, as needed

Assist in Sales Commission process including monthly accruals, calculation and analysis for businesses supported by role

The essential requirements of the job include

Required bachelor's degree with 0+ years of experience in finance

Proficient at creating financial models for rollout through the business

MS Office advanced user (especially Excel)

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in :

ERP knowledge of SAP and BW is a plus

Leica Microsystems, 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 .

The salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $75,000 - $85,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus / incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including flexible time off, medical / dental / vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note : No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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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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www.danaher.com .

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