Director of Finance, Assistant Controller – Electrophysiology

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.

     

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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 works out of our Plymouth, MN  location in the Electrophysiology division.  In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Director of Finance, Assistant Controller, you’ll have oversight and coordination of the Division's financial planning activities including the compilation, analysis, and distribution of management review packages for Long Range Plans, Plans, Updates, and Latest Best Estimates (LBEs). Oversight of the preparation and analysis of Division Office P&Ls for the above planning activities as well as for month – end Actuals

What You’ll Work On

• Be the liaison between Division Finance and the various divisional financial planning groups around the world plus Corporate Finance.
• Oversight of all Division-level daily and month-end sales reporting.
• Coordination of all scheduled POC planning activities (such as the creation and distribution of all division-level templates, schedules, instructions, guidelines and calendars).
• Employee management, coaching, and development for exempt individuals.
• Month-end close and reporting for Division Office (journal entry review, variance analysis and commentaries, etc.).
• Coordinate financial submissions to Corporate via follow-through (via various divisional finance groups) of management review, finance-related action items.
• Oversee all Division-level daily, month–end and ad hoc sales reporting activities.
• Perform and / or coordinate ad hoc analyses (such as forecast scenarios) for Division Controller, upper-level management and Corporate.

Required Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience in accounting, financial planning and analysis, or financial auditing. Equivalent experience is defined as six years experience in accounting.
• Advanced degree or CPA preferred.  
• Typically requires 10 years of relevant work experience to develop the competence required to meet the skills and responsibilities of the position.
• Candidate/incumbent should possess: - ability to clearly, concisely and accurately communicate with others through various means; - ability to interact with finance and non-finance professionals at all levels; - ability or aptitude to supervise others. - ability to clearly, concisely and accurately convey communications; - ability to form and develop interpersonal, professional relationships; displays socially and professionally appropriate behavior; - ability to work independently and in groups; - demonstrated initiative, analytical thinking, critical-thinking, problem-solving skills; - ability to operate independently with broad scope of responsibility under minimal supervision and under challenging time constraints; - ability or aptitude