Senior Financial Analyst, Global Operations

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.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, 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, 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.

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Our location in Lake Forest, Illinois currently has an opportunity for a Senior Financial Analyst, Global Operations
. This role will provide finance support to Division Quality, Division Engineering, Operations Technology, Operations Strategy and Reagent Third Party Manufacturing (TPM) including guidance and analytics during the Abbott planning cycles, month end close and for on-going business decisions. Support Core Diagnostics Gross Margin Improvement (GMI) initiatives and identify opportunities for savings. Work with Core Lab Operations Controller to assess and execute on opportunities identified.

Be a key member of the Global Operations Finance team.

• Provide finance support for Division Quality, Division Engineering, Operations Technology, Operations Strategy and Reagent Third Party Manufacturing (TPM).
• Review and drive actual financial data during month-end close including journal entry preparation, spend/headcount review, variance analysis and month end reporting.
• Prepare P&L and Balance Sheet forecasts, through close communication with our business partners, as part of the quarterly rolling Latest Best Estimates (LBE), quarterly P&L confirmations and the annual plan. This includes preparation of meeting materials for various reviews.
• Serve as the finance expert and “go-to” person for the supported groups.
• Drive value added insights through the preparation of various management presentations, financial modeling, financial analyses, and related consultation to supported groups in planning and achieving short- and long-term financial objectives.
• Conduct regular financial reviews with business partners to communicate financial performance, key business issues and provide insights to help the business achieve financial goals.
• Identify risks; propose recommendations and solutions to issues. Implement solutions for problem resolution.
• Proactively review financial processes and implement improvements.
• Support Core Diagnostics Gross Margin Improvement (GMI) initiatives, and identify opportunities for savings. Work with Core Lab Operations Controller to assess and execute on opportunities identified.

• Bachelor’s degree with concentration in accounting or finance.
• 2-5 years of finance experience to include roles of increasing responsibility in accounting and/or finance.

• Prior financial planning and/or cost accounting experience preferred.
• Prior experience with Symphony/SAP, TM1 (or similar financial planning systems) and Power BI.
• Demonstrated ability to provide data and analysis to support decision making,…