Senior 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 Senior Financial Analyst, you will be responsible for Plan and LBE processes for the P&L and Balance Sheet with emphasis on SG&A expenses and related accounts. Enhance and create analytics to support understanding of planning submissions and help ensure forecast accuracy.  Coordinate with US Commercial business stakeholders to prepare SG&A budget forecast, provide meaningful insights, and actuals vs. variance analysis.  This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What You'll Do

• The Senior Financial Analyst will have the responsibility to manage multiple SG&A commercial budgets as well as support the SG&A consolidation process
• Coordination of Plan, LBE, Update in financial planning processes including creation and distribution of templates, instructions and guidelines to US Commercial Budget Owners
• Ensures completeness and accuracy of the financial submissions.
• Involved in month-end close process including preparing journal entries, consolidation, account reconciliations, variance analysis.
• Interpret financial results and recommend options based upon analysis of data and information.
• Responds to ad hoc financial requests from Sr. Manager FP&A and Finance Controller
• Key contributor to the financial planning processes.
• Identify meaningful analytics that can be presented to Financial Leadership to help ensure forecast accuracy and identify areas for potential improvement within the P&L and Balance Sheet w/ emphasis on SG&A expenses.
• Operates with a significant amount of autonomy, works independently, and proactively navigates the finance network to accomplish goals/tasks; but is also interested in working with other finance team members to ensure team success
• Ability to communicate effectively with business stakeholders as well as finance teams in US Commercial, Global, and Division.

Experience You'll Bring

Required

• 3 years financial analysis experience. 
• Ability to plan, implement, and administer financial information and control systems. 
• Knowledge of the principle