Manager Financial Planning and Analysis

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.

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.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

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.
• 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 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 is not a remote opportunity
• Job location is Lake Forest, IL
• Travel up to 5%

Abbott has an exciting opportunity for a Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis supporting the global Digital Health Solutions business unit within the Core Diagnostics business. This organization is responsible for sales of our AlinIQ suite of products. This position is critical and supports the Divisional Vice President of Digital Health Solutions, Area Commercial Directors and other members of the organization. The Manager will lead the forecasting processes for the full business unit P&L, provide accurate and timely financial reporting, analytics and ensure accuracy and integrity of all financial information.

What You’ll Work On

• Prepare financial annual budgets and forecast updates for HQ Digital Health Solutions organization.
• Coordinate and consolidate the annual budget & forecast updates and prepare analytics for global Digital Health Solutions business unit.
• Manage month-end close process and reporting of monthly financial results.
• Develop and maintain financial models and analysis.
• Provide strategic financial support, including financial modeling and analysis for ongoing key business initiatives, strategic projects, and business opportunities, including acquisition target financial modeling.
• Perform ROI and payback analysis on new products and major capital expenditures.
• In collaboration with Commercial Excellence, lead the monthly IBP process for the business unit, to give greater sales pipeline visibility and actionable mitigation intelligence to business unit senior leadership.
• Assist with preparation of financial presentations and KPIs to be shared with senior leaders within the organization.
• Provide financial guidance to budget managers, including providing financial guidance for capital projects.
• Create sustainable and efficient FP&A processes leading to ongoing process improvements.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies.
• Manage, coach and develop team of professionals.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting or Economics.
• Minimum of 7+ years of combined experience in accounting or financial planning and analysis.
• Commercial finance experience a plus.
• Ability to plan, implement, and administer financial information and control systems.
• Knowledge and application of financial planning and accounting concepts, procedures and practices, including processes and standards for integrated financial analysis and reporting.
• Candidate must possess strong technical skills (e.g., Excel, Power Point) with ability to learn systems quickly.
• Ability to apply professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems and exercise independent decision making.
• Must have strong interpersonal communication and leadership skills and the ability to interact with various levels of senior management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA and/or CPA preferred.
• Experience with SAP, TM1 and Essbase is preferred.
• Proven experience to identify, analyze, and solve problems.
• Financial modeling experience.
• Strong organizational skills, self-starter, with ability to multi-task and work in a dynamic environment highly preferred.
• Prior supervisory experience strongly desired.

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The base pay for this position is $113,300.00 – $226,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.