Assistant Controller, Global Operations

Abbott Laboratories; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 344,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a senior finance leader to drive financial strategy across CRM operations, quality, and supply chain. Based in Sylmar, CA, the role partners with Operations Controller and DVPs to meet financial objectives.

The position requires 10+ years in management with a strong grasp of GAAP, planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Abbott offers comprehensive benefits and advancement opportunities in a global healthcare company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or related field.
• Knowledge of GAAP and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Demonstrated leadership and strong communication skills.
• 10+ years of management/supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate financial activities supporting CRM operations, quality, and supply chain.
• Plan and forecast CRM operations, manage calendar and deliverables.
• Oversee CRM inventory and capital spending.
• Support freight and distribution financials for ACN units.
• Ensure GAAP compliance and governance.
• Hire, train, and develop the finance team.
• Prepare annual operating plans, LBEs, and OEM.
• Perform monthly variance analysis and report drivers.
• Provide FP&A for divisional ops groups and ad hoc items.
• Drive cost control, efficiencies, and margin improvement; explore AI-enabled workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance

US CPA

Masters’ Degree

Job description

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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:

The position is a critical member of the management team, providing leadership and coordination across all financial activities supporting Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) global operations, quality, and supply chain, along with Abbott Cardiology and Neuro (ACN) freight and distribution. The position is based in Sylmar, CA.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

• Financial Leadership & Strategy: Partner with Operations Controller, DVP Operations, and DVP Quality organizations to drive achievement of financial objectives and ongoing financial / operational improvements.
• Planning / Forecasting: Coordinate and manage the CRM Operations financial calendar and workload delegation, ensuring all deliverables are met on time and aligned with stakeholders.
• Capital & Inventory: financial responsibility over CRM divisional inventory and capital.
• Financial support of the Freight & Distribution network (3 tier I distribution centers and international customer service), hosted by CRM for all ACN business units.
• Compliance & Governance: ensure strict compliance with GAAP, financial regulations, and corporate policies.
• Team Leadership & Development: hire, train, and develop a high-performing division operations finance team.
• Coordinate the development, evaluation, presentation of annual Operating Plans (annual standard setting), quarterly LBEs, and annual Organic Execution Model (OEM).
• Monthly variance analysis and succinct communication of aggregate performance drivers.
• Financial Planning & Analysis for divisional operations groups [divisional quality, engineering, and supply chain] and other ad hoc items (tariffs, tax, audit/compliance).
• Facilitate efforts to drive operations gross margin improvement; cost control, efficiencies, and improvement initiatives.
• Drive process improvements / simplifications including driving adoption/incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into existing workflows.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors’ Degree in Accounting/Finance
• Working knowledge of accounting theory and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Excellent communication (both oral and written) & interpersonal skills
• Must be results oriented, self-starter/motivated, a strong managerial background with good business sense
• 10+ years of management/supervisory experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters’ Degree
• US CPA
• A background in manufacturing/cost accounting

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

The base pay for this position is $172,000.00 – $344,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.