Senior Financial Analyst-Operations FP&A

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:

Senior Financial Analyst-Operations FP&A

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

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together world‑class expertise and industry‑leading technologies to support diagnostic testing that delivers critical information for the treatment and management of diseases and other medical conditions.

The Senior Financial Analyst – Operations FP&A serves as a key finance business partner supporting Workplace Services operations for Abbott's Toxicology laboratory operations in Lake Forest, Illinois. This role collaborates closely with operational leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to provide financial insights, analysis, and decision support that drive business performance and support strategic priorities.

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for delivering accurate forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and performance analysis while helping leadership understand key business drivers, identify opportunities, and make informed resource allocation decisions. Through strong analytical capabilities and financial acumen, this position enables data-driven decision-making and supports the achievement of operational and financial objectives.

Working closely with Workplace Services leadership, the Senior Financial Analyst helps improve financial visibility, evaluate operational performance, develop actionable recommendations, and support the execution of strategic initiatives. The role also plays an important part in advancing financial discipline, strengthening planning and forecasting processes, enhancing reporting capabilities, and driving continuous improvement across the organization.

Through effective partnership, business insight, and operational support, the Senior Financial Analyst helps ensure alignment between business strategy and financial objectives while contributing to operational excellence, sustainable growth, and long-term organizational success.

What You’ll Work On

• Serves as a finance business partner to Workplace Services operations leadership, providing financial analysis, insights, and support for operational and business objectives
• Supports the development, consolidation, and management of the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, long-range plans, and capital budgets across Workplace Services operations
• Leads assigned forecasting processes by partnering with business leaders to assess risks, opportunities, key assumptions, and expected business outcomes while providing recommendations to improve forecast accuracy and financial performance
• Prepares and analyzes monthly financial results, identifying trends, variances, risks, and opportunities relative to budget, forecast, and prior-year performance
• Develops and maintains financial models, forecasting tools, and planning assumptions to support business planning activities and improve forecast accuracy
• Produces recurring financial reports, dashboards, scorecards, management presentations, and monthly business review material