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Assistant Controller - U.S. Heart Failure

Employer
Abbott Laboratories
Location
Pleasanton, California, United States
Closing date
Dec 28, 2021

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Job Role
Accounts Assistant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. In Abbott's Heart Failure division, we're advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies in heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. Our Heart Failure Business Unit which is a $1B global business and includes Sales and Marketing, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Clinical, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs functions.

Our location in Pleasanton, CA currently has an opportunity for an Assistant Controller. Reporting to the Division Vice President of Finance this role will be responsible for the 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, being the liaison between Division Finance and the various divisional financial planning groups around the world plus Corporate Finance, and oversight of all Division-level daily and month-end sales reporting.

What You Will Do:
  • Coordination of all scheduled 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 BU/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

Education and Experience You Will Bring:

Required
  • Four-year degree or equivalent experience in accounting, financial planning and analysis, or financial auditing.
  • Advanced degree or CPA preferred.
  • 10 years of relevant work experience
  • 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
  • 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.

What We Offer

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:
  • Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
  • Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
  • Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
  • Paid time off
  • 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
  • The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:

www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

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