Financial Controller

Abbott; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott, a global healthcare leader, seeks a Finance Controller for its Singapore Nutrition business to provide financial planning, control and business partnership for maximizing commercial objectives.

You will lead controllership activities, planning, reporting and cash flow, and work with leadership to set goals, monitor sales and margins, and drive timely actions and process improvements with the ANI team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/Finance or related disciplines.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Minimum of 10 years management experience.
• Confident communicator with credibility to challenge management.
• Excellent English language proficiency.
• Ability to balance hands-on work with high-level strategic oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial planning, control and stewardship for the Singapore ANI Nutrition business.
• Oversee controllership activities including planning, reporting, analysis and cash flow.
• Lead the establishment of financial goals, strategies and priorities with leadership.
• Track and monitor actual sales and margin performance; address variances.
• Manage department expenses and ensure accurate month-end close.
• Maintain internal controls to ensure accuracy of reporting and forecasts.
• Prepare plans and reviews; assess reasonableness of assumptions.
• Support commercial team with KPI analysis on contracts, pricing and gross-to-net.
• Participate in margin improvement and process-enhancement initiatives.
• Assess credit-worthiness of customers and distributors; ensure policy adherence.
• Coach Finance Analysts.

Skills

Financial analysis

Communication skills

English proficiency

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/Finance

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure® and Glucerna® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

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

As the Finance Controller, to provide financial planning, control, stewardship to Singapore Abbott Nutrition business and act as business partner in ensuring all commercial activities and objectives are maximized and delivered.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for ensuring financial management and controls around ANI division of Singapore Affiliate.
• Responsible for a comprehensive set of controllership activities including financial control, financial planning, financial reporting, financial analysis and cash flow for the division.
• Part of the leadership team responsible for the establishment of financial and business goals, strategies, tactics and priorities.
  Track and monitor actual sales and margin performance.
• Prepare commentary and take timely action to address variances/operating issues.
• Manage and control department expenses and ensure that month end process and accounting entries are accurately reflected.
• Establish and maintain internal process, procedures and controls which ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting and forecasts; avoid errors and surprises.
• Prepare Plan, RLBE’s and all other Area / Affiliate request review and critically assess assumptions for reasonableness.
• Proactively support commercial team with analytical support on all KPI and critical operation issues such as distributor contracts, tenders, pricing, gross-to-net and parallel imports.
• Participate in ANI initiatives for enhancement of business processes, margin & profit improvement initiatives and financial effectiveness.
  Participate in management reviews and affiliate compliance committee.
• Participate in key customers’ and distributors’ reviews and assess credit-worthiness especially new accounts.
• Ensure divisional and affiliate adherence to all local / Corporate financial and OEC policies and procedures.
• Coaching to Finance Analyst.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/Finance or related disciplines.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Minimum of 10 years management experience.
• High caliber individual – ambitious, driven to achieve excellent standards and to continually seek improvements.
• Confident communicator and influencer – able to develop good relationships easily with credibility to challenge management.
• Ability to maintain a good balance between hands-on and high level.
• English language proficiency

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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The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Financial Planning and Analysis

DIVISION:

ANI International Nutrition

LOCATION:

Singapore > Singapore : DUO Tower

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable