Division Headquarters Accounting Manager

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

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, nutritional's, and branded generic medicines. Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (ARDx) manufactures fast, accurate and reliable rapid diagnostic testing that are vital in emergency rooms, critical care centers and other situations where treatment decisions need to be made quickly provides immediate, actionable results, right where you need them. ARDx is comprised of the legacy Alere, Inc. business units that provide lateral flow rapid testing products in the area of infectious diseases; molecular point-of-care testing; cardiometabolic testing; toxicology business for drug and alcohol testing; and consumer remote patient monitoring and self-testing.  Our testing platforms include BinaxNOW, Panbio, ID NOW, and Aninion.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs.
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities.

Our team in Lake Forest, IL has an opening for a Financial Reporting Manager. This role will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of monthly/quarterly global consolidated financial results for ARDx. 

The ARDx DHQ Accounting Manager is a critical role in the delivery of monthly/quarterly global consolidated financial results for ARDx.  This role reports to the Senior Director, Accounting and Reporting and is responsible for division headquarters accounting and ARDx global reporting of the monthly and quarterly consolidated financial results.  ARDx utilizes Abbott’s HFM financial consolidation system and the ARDx SAP system and this position is instrumental in ensuring accurate and timely submissions of actuals to Abbott Corporate.  In addition, this role is heavily involved in further integrating Alere into the Abbott systems and processes.  To succeed in this position, the candidate should be well-organized and possess strong leadership, analytical, communication, financial systems, and excel skills.  This role is based in Lake Forest, IL and supervises direct and indirect staff in Lake Forest, IL and in Manila, Philippines. 

In addition to formal financial processes, this individual will be responsible for providing accounting support and guidance, ad-hoc requests and will interact with finance professionals across all business units, organizations, and senior management.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Ensure that Corporate and Divisional deadlines are met for Actuals reporting, and that the Division’s financial statements are accurately stated.
• Responsible for accounting, reporting, and managing the close process each month for 20 ARDx Headquarter affiliates, including US and OUS operating and holding entities.
• Consolidation of the total ARDx Income Statement and Balance Sheet commentary.  Coordination between ARDx FP&A, Abbott’s Corporate Financial Service, ARDx’s Global Business Services and other operating entities to ensure effective month-end close and related reporting to Divisional Management and Corporate.
• Instruct ARDx finance teams on reporting requirements, including quarterly and year end packages that require supplemental data by entity (examples such as AR aging, contractual obligations, reserves, prepaids, accruals, pensions, leases).
• Align with ARDx entities and coordinate with Abbott Corporate Financial Reporting on specific reporting requirements.
• Coordinate internal and external audit and Corporate Tax requests.
• Responsible for statutory audit reporting for 3 ARDx headquarter affiliates.
• Assist in integrating ARDx into existing Abbott systems and processes. 
• Work with ARDx finance management to evaluate current processes and propose improvements.
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