Site Controller - Lab Operations

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serves as the primary finance business partner for Abbott's Toxicology laboratory operations in Gretna, Louisiana
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This role provides financial leadership and strategic support across the laboratory organization, partnering closely with site leadership to drive business performance, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

• Serves as the primary finance business partner to laboratory Operations, providing leadership in cost accounting, service-line costing, financial planning, operational analysis, cost control, and profitability improvement while supporting execution of strategic and operational objectives
• In partnership with the Site Director, Operations, and Finance leadership, helps shape financial direction by ensuring accurate financial results and forecasts and alignment of operational decisions with cost, margin, and profitability objectives
• Coordinates, consolidates, and manages development of the laboratory's annual plan, forecasts, and capital budgets in partnership with department leaders
• Leads laboratory cost accounting processes, including development and maintenance of a comprehensive panel costing model; performs annual cost studies, validates cost assumptions, ensures accurate panel costing, and maintains methodologies supporting service-line profitability, gross margin performance, and resource allocation decisions
• Analyzes cost drivers, labor productivity, testing volumes, utilization trends, and operational performance metrics to identify opportunities for cost optimization and margin improvement
• Monitors, analyzes, and communicates financial and operational performance against plans, forecasts, and benchmarks, providing actionable insights to stakeholders across the organization
• Partners with laboratory leadership to establish performance metrics, evaluate operational initiatives, and drive accountability for achieving productivity, cost, and profitability objectives
• Evaluates capital projects, operational initiatives, and business investments, providing financial analysis and recommendations to support sound decision-making
• Drives continuous improvement in planning, forecasting, reporting, and cost accounting processes through analytics, automation, and emerging technologies
• Ensures compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and Corporate and divisional policies and procedures

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 5 years of finance or accounting experience supporting…