Manager Finance Pedialyte

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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

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. 
 

The Manager Finance – Pedialyte leads financial planning, reporting, controls, and decision support activities for the US Pedialyte brand of +$250MM Net Sales.  The Manager Finance is responsible for the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial information and decision support to management. The role is a working finance manager that reports directly to US Pediatric Controller.
 

What You’ll Work On

• Maintain effective financial controls to ensure the integrity of financial information and compliance with GAAP and Corporate/Division financial policies and procedures

• Interpret financial results and provide recommendations to management regarding business performance and opportunities.

• Evaluate and identify key performance gaps, emerging business needs, and financial risks; deliver analyses that provide a foundation for management understanding and decision-making.

• This responsibility should be performed in a way that protects the company's assets and avoids any surprises that could reasonably have been foreseen by the relevant level of financial management review.

• Ensure availability of timely and well-presented, high-quality analysis and projections related to income statement as well as variance vs. appropriate benchmarks.

• Lead the planning, forecast, LBE, LTP, and monthly financial review processes, ensuring timely execution and effective communication of key assumptions, business drivers, and performance variances to management.

• Lead month-end close activities, including journal entry preparation, financial analysis, and variance reporting against plan and prior-year benchmarks

• Collaborate closely with Marketing to guide decision-making on key initiatives and decisions

• Develop concise, executive-ready presentations for key forums (i.e. LBE and leadership reviews), simplifying complex data into clear, actionable insights

• Provide business decision support as required, including meaningful, value-added resource and expense analyses to influence and counsel management in developing business strategies.

• Influence Management in the development of certain critical success factors and key assumptions.

• Develop flexible, comprehensive tools to support business proposals focused on ROI and fully burdened margin profitability to support various business needs.

• Pedialyte Finance manager has no direct reports. 

• The role reports directly to Pediatric Financial Controller and will have high visibility to the Pediatric leadership team and will support the Pedialyte Marketing director. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics

• Minimum 8 years Finance experience (FP&A, Cost/General Accounting or Financial Reporting).

• Ability to plan, implement, and administer financial information and control systems.    

• Knowledge of the principles, processes and standards for integrated financial analysis and reporting.

 

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.

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The base pay for this position is

$99,300.00 – $198,700.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Financial Planning and Analysis

     

DIVISION:

ANPD Nutrition Products

        

LOCATION:

United States > Columbus : RP02

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

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