Sr. Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis

Abbott; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to perform comprehensive financial analyses and support budgeting, forecasting, and performance management across the business. The role collaborates with support functions to develop targets, manage budgets, and deliver critical insights for leadership decisions.

The candidate will build robust financial models, produce monthly reports, and communicate findings to department managers and executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
• 3–5 years of progressive financial experience demonstrating collaboration with operational or support functions.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain models to support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management processes.
• Support, analyze and assist in the preparation of the company’s annual operating budget.
• Prepare, review and distribute monthly financial reports to Department managers.
• Track expenses and revenues vs. budget and reforecast and analyze fluctuations.
• Develop financial statement analysis and financial modeling to support initiatives.
• Develop, maintain and distribute ad-hoc reports and financial models as needed.
• Create new, evaluate existing, and develop more efficient financial reports.
• Effectively communicate information to colleagues and leadership.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with all levels of the organization.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial modeling

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Cross-cultural communication

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SAP

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.

Position Overview

The Senior Financial Analyst performs a wide range of quantitative and qualitative analyses to help inform company decisions and strategy. The analyst will work very closely with the support functions to develop, analyze and report key financial and operational measures, develop target performance measures and plans to achieve these, develop and manage budgets and forecasts, and undertake special and complex analyses as required.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Build and maintain models to support decision making with regard to planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management processes.
• Support, analyze and assist in the preparation of the company’s annual operating budget.
• Prepare, review and distribute monthly financial reports to Department managers.
• Track expenses and revenues vs. budget and reforecast and analyze fluctuations.
• Develop financial statement analysis, financial modeling and decision modeling to support initiatives.
• Develop, maintain and distribute ad-hoc reports, analysis and financial models as needed.
• Create new, evaluate existing, and develop more efficient financial reports.
• Effectively communicate information to colleagues and leadership.
• Ability to work and communicate cross-functionally with all levels of the organization.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
• At least 3-5 years of progressive financial related experience demonstrating the ability to work collaboratively with operational or support functions. Strong analytical and financial modeling skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and demonstrate critical thinking.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment.
• Ability to work in the details as well as review the big picture.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; especially Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP.
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• COGS Experience

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.