Supervisor Financial Planning and Analysis

ACCA Careers; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott seeks a Finance Supervisor for our CRM organization, onsite in Austin, TX. You will lead month-end close activities, develop forecasts, and provide executive-level financial analysis to support strategic decisions.

The role requires 6–8 years of finance/accounting experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, Essbase, and PowerBI. Lead a summer intern and collaborate with marketing and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 6–8 years of full-time finance and/or accounting experience.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, variance analysis skills, and attention to details.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries during month end close to ensure proper accounting.
• Prepare and distribute financial reports and packages by gathering and analyzing information related to current performance. Provide commentary on variances against benchmarks.
• Develop detailed OMC and SG&A forecasts incorporating historic, trended, and current business information.
• Partner with various functions to evaluate return on investment on gross margin improvement projects and commercial/marketing initiatives.
• Build financial models to deep dive into complex business problems and provide analysis to Sr. Management.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Variance analysis

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field

Tools

SAP

Essbase

PowerBI

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.

A healthy heart is essential to good health. That's why we're committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader, Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) delivers medical technologies that improve how doctors treat patients with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats. We help restore people's health so they can live their best and longest lives.

Abbott CRM is seeking a highly motivated Finance Supervisor to join our dynamic team based onsite in Austin, TX. This role will play an integral part in the financial planning, analysis and reporting processes for Abbott’s US CRM Commercial organization. You will have the opportunity to “tell the story” to the leadership team and help drive results by translating data into actionable insights for leaders.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare journal entries during month end close to ensure proper accounting
• Prepare and distribute financial reports and packages by gathering and analyzing information related to current performance. Provide commentary on variances against various benchmarks. Scope includes Income Statement and Balance Sheet
• Develop detailed OMC and SG&A forecasts incorporating historic, trended, and current business information. Ensure complete, accurate and timely submissions for quarterly forecasting cycles i.e. LBE (Latest Best Estimates)
• Partner with various functions to evaluate return on investment on gross margin improvement projects and commercial/marketing initiatives
• Build financial models to deep dive into complex business problems. Provide financial analysis to Sr. Management and other internal users in order to aid with the process of making business decisions. Work with Marketing, Commercial and Area Controllers on diagnosing problems and preparing plan of action to address and mitigate
• Prepare executive-ready presentations with concise messaging. Translate data into meaningful visuals / charts appropriate for the audience
• Perform ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed by the business
• Supervise summer intern

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 6-8 years of full-time finance and/or accounting experience.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, variance analysis skills, and attention to details
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) with advanced Excel skills
• Ability to learn system software and databases quickly (SAP, Essbase, PowerBI)

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’ll Also Have Access To

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 – $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.