Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (Screening)

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 Madison, WI location in the Cancer Diagnostics division.

Position Overview
The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis for Screening serves as a strategic finance leader and trusted business partner to the Screening leadership team, providing financial insight and guidance to support portfolio performance, pipeline investment, commercialization, and long-term value creation. This role leads financial planning, forecasting, and performance management processes while translating complex scientific, clinical, and operational strategies into actionable financial analyses and recommendations. The Director partners cross-functionally to drive informed decision-making, operational efficiency, gross margin improvement, and scalable growth within a dynamic, R&D-intensive healthcare environment, while also leading and developing a high-performing FP&A team and ensuring strong financial governance and compliance.

Essential Duties
Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serve key finance leader and strategic partner to Screening BU Leadership Team, partnering closely with all other cross-functional leaders.
• Act as a trusted thought partner, providing financial insight across portfolio performance, pipeline evolution, and long‑term value creation.
• Lead end‑to‑end financial planning, forecasting, and performance management, including LBE, Plan and OEM processes.
• Provide rigorous financial support for R&D investment, pipeline prioritization, and clinical and pre‑commercial decision‑making.
• Translate scientific, clinical, and commercialization assumptions into clear financial scenarios, sensitivities, and trade‑offs.
• Drive gross margin improvement by partnering across R&D, Operations, and Manufacturing to improve cost structure and scalability.
• Identify and proactively communicate financial risks, opportunities, and key performance drivers.
• Establish and continuously enhance FP&A processes to support a complex, R&D‑intensive, and evolving business model.
• Maintain strong financial governance, internal controls, and compliance.
• Lead, develop, and inspire the Screening FP&A team, setting a high bar for analytical excellence and accountability.
• Effectively manage, support, and guide your team, including, but not limited to delegating tasks and responsibilities, assess employee performance and provide helpful feedback and training opportunities.
• Consistent demonstration of exceptional leadership qualities, including, but not limited to the ability to attract and retain the best team, foster a culture of high performance, lead with integrity, humility, accountability, and courage, and set a clear vision to energize teams towards the future.   
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A or strategic finance experience, including at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong unders