Senior Financial Analyst, Vascular Operations

Abbott; Temecula (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Temecula, CA is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to lead cost planning, analysis, and reporting for the Temecula site leadership. You will monitor performance, drive cost reduction initiatives, and ensure regulatory compliance.

In this role you’ll partner with operations on the Annual Operation Plan and LBEs, develop dashboards and tools, and provide insights on costs, prices, and revenues to senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or related field.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience performing month-end close activities, financial variance analysis, and forecasting.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor financial and operational performance for the Temecula site; compare Plan and Actuals; analyze spending trends.
• Lead month-end close: prepare and validate journal entries and actuals, analyze variances.
• Collaborate with operations on Annual Operating Plan and LBEs for the site.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and KPIs to support decision making.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts (prepaids, accruals, etc.).
• Create reports and dashboards with financial information for operating teams.
• Create tools to monitor COGS and analyze trends versus benchmarks.
• Support cost-reduction initiatives to drive sustainable growth at Temecula site.
• Interpret costs, prices, expenses, and revenues; provide senior management with actionable recommendations.
• Meet deadlines with minimal supervision and maintain internal controls.

Skills

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Forecasting experience

Month-end close experience

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Hyperion Essbase

SAP

MS Office

Job description

The Opportunity

Temecula, California location is currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst responsible for providing cost planning, analysis, and reporting to Temecula site leadership to meet targeted deliverables, as well as make recommendations to reduce costs, scale for the future, and meet regulatory compliance.

What You’ll Work On

• Monitor the financial & operational performance for the Temecula manufacturing location, comparing the Plan and LBE vs Actual results for various products, analyze spending trends of different accounts, and suggest actions to optimize results.
• Responsible for month-end close process including preparation and validation of journal entries and actuals reporting and analysis of actual vs forecast.
• Partner with operations in the preparation of Annual Operation Plan and LBEs for the manufacturing site.
• Develop reports, dashboards, key performance indicators, etc. as required.
• Monitor, track and reconcile various balance sheet accounts, including prepaids, accruals, etc.
• Create reports / dashboard with financial information for the Operating teams considering business partner requirements.
• Create tools to monitor and track COGS and analyze trends and comparisons vs other benchmarks.
• Act as finance leader and support cost reduction initiatives that will drive sustainable growth for the Temecula site.
• Interpret financial information on costs, prices, expenses and revenues and make recommendations to senior management.
• Meet deadlines with minimal supervision and balance workload requirements.
• Ensure adequate internal controls are followed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or related field.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience performing month-end close activities, financial variance analysis, and forecasting.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of Hyperion Essbase and SAP.
• MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.
• Ability to work effectively and with flexibility under uncertainty and changing priorities.
• Strong results orientation and bias for action including a high degree of initiative and self-motivation.

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.