Financial Analyst – Structural Heart (Mississauga) (12-Month Contract)

ACCA Careers; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a Financial Analyst to join their team in Mississauga. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with finance, contracts, and sales teams to ensure financial integrity and compliance. You will be responsible for managing rebate programs, conducting financial reporting, and supporting inventory management. With a focus on career development and a commitment to diversity, this innovative firm provides a supportive environment where you can grow your skills and contribute to meaningful projects that improve people's health. If you are detail-oriented and thrive in a collaborative setting, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and financial applications.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity and compliance of financial data.
• Manage rebate implementation and reporting processes.
• Conduct quarterly rebate reviews with sales management.

Skills

Excel (Pivot Tables, Vlookup, Hlookup)

Financial Planning and Analysis

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Ability to Work with Minimum Supervision

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance

Tools

SAP

Business Objects

Job description

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.

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 will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• 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 position works out of our Mississauga office in the Structural Heart Division. In this division, our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

As the Financial Analyst, you’ll have the chance to be the the key liaison between finance, contracts and the sales team and support unique models and rebate programs to ensure the Division’s liability is sufficient and properly supported and accounted for. Under the supervision of the Finance Manager, you will identify risks, assess assumptions and propose recommendations and solutions to issues.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure appropriate integrity and reasonableness of financial data as well as compliance with Corporate/Divisional financial policies and procedures;
• Support all aspects of Financial Control at the affiliate finance level, including Revenue and inventory;
• Recognize, report and prepare Monthly Account Accruals;
• Manage rebate implementation, accrual, reporting and payment processes;
• Provide information as required during the RFP process and agreement drafting;
• Create rebate schedule for each customer's individual rebate program;
• Ensure rebates are accurately calculated and accrued on a monthly basis;
• Conduct quarterly rebate reviews with sales management and Contracts to validate the accuracy and reasonableness of accruals, highlight contract or compliance issues, identify revenue opportunities, payments due, etc.;
• Provide quarterly rebate review summaries, highlight action items;
• Verify contractual compliance as required, prior to releasing rebates earned;
• Ensure all rebate payments are appropriately calculated, documented and approved prior to payment;
• Manage all technology credit purchases made using rebate funds;
• Monthly and quarterly sales reporting for buying groups and customers;
• Manage month end entry, reporting and reconciliation, sales adjustments, and deferrals;
• Be responsible for revenue recognition;
• Manage quarterly reporting processes related to Revenue Recognition;
• Coordinate and execute all ongoing and month end activities related to short dated/obsolete inventory and its final scrapping;
• Prepare reports and analysis for slow moving and obsolete inventory to be used for providing reserves/write offs, ensuring financial and management reports are accurate and up to date;
• Support and coordinate the execution of inventory cycle counts, reconcile inventory and prepare monthly inventory schedules;
• Develop and monitor KPIs aimed at reducing scrap and inventory;
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders to facilitate the reconciliation of inventory and purchase orders on a monthly basis to ensure inventory is within the scope of its inventory policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (Finance preferred).
• 1-3 years of experience in a similar role (preferably in financial planning and analysis).
• Advanced knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, Vlookup, Hlookup, etc.) and financial applications i.e., SAP, Business Objects.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and timelines.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Excellent English communications skills.
• Receptive to change and a team player.
• Ability to prioritize and to meet strict deadline requirements.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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