Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis - Nutrition - Abbott Park, IL

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:

Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Abbott Park, IL location in the Nutrition Division.

The ANHQ FP&A Senior Manager is a key leadership role at AN Finance Headquarters.  This role is responsible for financial planning and analysis for Global Nutrition including analysis of actuals and forecast.  This position reports to the Assistant Controller of Abbott Nutrition. This position has visibility to total Abbott Nutrition (AN) financials and is responsible for Total AN planning and reporting, Investor Relations/competitive benchmarking and headquarter FP&A responsibilities including Division IT, Public Affairs and Human Resources. The position has 2 direct reports, including 1 FP&A manager.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead and manage the RLBE/Plan processes from a headquarters perspective – which includes setting deadlines, providing guidance, completing LBE submission schedules, and ensuring the financial accuracy of submissions and performing division-level analysis.
• Prepare executive level LBE and Plan presentations for Division Controller.
• Actively support an array of ad-hoc FP&A activities for Abbott Nutrition Senior Leadership.
• Manage ANHQ budgeting and reporting, including forecasting & month-end close.
• Ensure accuracy of monthly financials reported to Corporate and coordinate commentary as needed (partnering with CFS).
• Prepare senior management highlights.
• Assess/implement process improvements.
• Partner with Leadership, as well as finance and operations colleagues to learn the business and apply this knowledge to daily work.
• Work closely with the Division Controller and Assistant Controller.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING  

Skills Required:

• Financial expertise: Requires excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to identify and concisely communicate the business implications of forecasts and actual results.  Ad hoc analysis and preparation of presentations for senior leadership is a critical component of this role. Strong knowledge of accounting and finance principles with the ability to apply this knowledge to support business needs.
• Leadership: This individual will lead directly and indirectly as the key