Job Description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity
This position works out of our Lake Forest location in the Molecular Diagnostics division. Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.

As the Sr. Financial Analyst, you’ll have the chance to Support the AMD US Commercial organization as the primary owner of SG&A budget planning, supporting sales and margin forecasting, monthly actuals reporting, and variance analysis, in addition to ad hoc support of the LAC Commercial organization while reporting to the US Commercial Finance Manager. This is an area-level FP&A opportunity with a focus on the 5-line P&L and full Balance Sheet.

What You’ll Work On

• Owning the forecasting and variance tracking for $20MM of SG&A spending for the US Commercial Organization.
• Develop and maintain in-depth sales analytics to strengthen our forecasting efforts, challenging the sales team to achieve expectations and provide insights to commercial organization leaders.
• Create a balance sheet forecast for the US Commercial organization and track against results monthly, ensuring alignment with P&L forecasting done by the organization.
• Assist in the month-end close process by completing Monthly Journal Entries and assisting in completing monthly commentary tracking variances vs. forecast.
• Assist with ad hoc requests across both the US and LAC Commercial organizations as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with concentration in accounting or finance.
• 3- 5 years of finance experience to include roles of increasing responsibility in accounting and or finance.
• Demonstrated ability to provide data and analysis to support decision making, methodical approach to problem-solving and rational ideas supporting them.
• Ability to keep learning and to teach others, traditional accounting knowledge and facilitator of management needs, streamlining functions within the department.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of experience
• Proficient in excel and data analytics

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

The base pay for this position is

$78,000.00 – $156,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Financial Planning and Analysis

DIVISION:

AMD Molecular

LOCATION:

United States > Lake Forest : J55

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf