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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Job Title
Financial Analyst
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, You Can Do Work That Matters, Grow, And Learn, Care For Yourself And Your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our
Pleasanton, CA office in in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
We are seeking a high caliber Financial Analyst who will focus on Finance tasks supporting Heart Failure Operations for the Pleasanton manufacturing site. This includes preparing financial budgets, workforce planning & analysis, assisting with monthly financial closing activities, analysis and review of operating results, assisting business partners with all required finance tasks, ad hoc analysis, and presentations.
What You’ll Work On
- Participate in month end close activities, completing journal entries, reconciling month end results.
- Monitor functional and departmental spending versus budget by highlighting material variances using system generated detail and trend reports.
- Drive and support the coordination and consolidation of rolling Latest Best Estimates (RLBEs).
- Prepare journal entries and assist in month end close as needed to ensure proper accounting at the functional and departmental level.
- Prepare and distribute financial reports and packages by gathering and analyzing information related to current performance.
- Assist with ad hoc financial requests from leadership.
- Cultivate a wide range of internal networks of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
- May demonstrate basic project management skills by acting as a project lead on small, well defined projects.
- Plan, organize, and prioritize own daily work routine to meet established schedule.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance and accounting, or related field
- 2+ years of full-time finance and/or accounting experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
- Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced environment, successfully prioritizing deliverables, meeting deadlines and fulfilling leadership requests without sacrificing quality.
- Ability to leverage slower periods to proactively get ahead and manage busier periods more effectively.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree / MBA preferred
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Outlook, Teams)
- Experience with SAP, Business Objects and Hyperion Smartview/Essbase
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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 $79,500.00 – $138,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
