Financial Analyst

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:

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.

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 Opportunity

This position is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.

As a Financial Analyst, you will be in a high visibility, high impact role will assist in creating and completing key financial reports for the Diabetes Care division that are reviewed by executive management, working with finance leaders across the division to provide meaningful insight into business drivers vs. key benchmarks, and preparing senior leaders for reviews with MDD and Corporate. This is a tremendous opportunity to develop your skills and gain exposure from the Assistant Controller and Division Controller, and you will also have visibility to key financial and non-financial information from all divisional teams (incl. Commercial, Manufacturing, R&D, etc).  This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What You’ll Work On

• Supports ADC US Commercial business working on key projects and analysis around CGM
• Will be integral player in development of LBE (forecast) templates utilized by the finance team and be expected to assist in providing guidance to senior finance personnel on key findings
• Will have the opportunity to see entire P&L each LBE cycle, learning key business drivers from each department.
• Will have opportunity to own management of patient assistance program accruals seeing the end-to-end process
• Interfaces with Senior Management and Department Managers and key stakeholders to gain understanding of key revenue and cost drivers
• Prepares key management reports emphasizing historical results, budgets, forecasts, and trends.
• Run reports and analysis utilizing financial tools such as Excel, Dodeca, Power BI, SAP etc.
• Completes ad hoc financial requests as needed

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (preferably in finance, accounting or economics)
• 2-5 years financial analysis experience.
• Ability to plan, implement, and administer financial information and control systems.
• Knowledge of the principles, processes and standards for integrated financial analysis and reporting.
• Highly proficient in Excel.

Preferred Skills

• Masters Degree / MBA preferred
• Experience with EssBase, Dodeca, SAP and Hyperion budgeting software a plus
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
• Strong verbal and written communications