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.

Senior Financial Analyst

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

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Financial Analyst within our Abbott Rapid Diagnostics business located at Lake Forest, IL. In this role, you will ensure the Infectious Disease business unit (ID) Leadership has accurate and timely financial data to support decision making.

This role is on site in the ARDx ID Business Unit. This position reports to the Infectious Disease business unit R&D Finance Manager and provides great exposure to business partners and the PMO. It allows for both working as a team and autonomously to support Directors and Senior Leaders within our US and OUS based R&D organization.

What You’ll Work On

• Responsible for Month-end Close activities including preparing journal entries, accruals, and reclasses to other divisions/functions.
• Prepare Flash reports and Actuals commentary vs. various benchmarks.
• Own the monthly Portfolio Management Review (PMR) financial dashboards and lead review meetings. Prepare slides for Portfolio Review meetings with BU leadership, including supporting the Project Management Office with R&D resource planning and project spend prioritization.
• Participate in the development of Plan/LBEs/OEM cycles by updating templates and file build- ups to collect information from business partners to ensure forecast are captured accurately.
• Assist with Total R&D Headcount reporting.
• Consolidate Total R&D P&Ls across all R&D groups (R&D, Clinical Affairs, Medical and Scientific Affairs, and RA).
• Load LBEs into the PowerOn planning system, along with loading the R&D by Project cube for use by Transfer Pricing.
• Approving Purchase Orders along with providing other ad hoc support to key business partners.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
• Excellent communication, organizational skills, strong analytical skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment to meet set deadlines.
• Minimum of 2-5 years of applicable experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Record of a strong analytical / problem-solving skills and the capability to conduct complex data analysis.
• Previous experience working with large amounts of data and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

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The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.