Manager Financial Planning and Analysis

Abbott • Santa Clara, CA

2d • $130,700 - $261,300 • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis will provide financial leadership oversight, drive value creation, and ensure insightful, forward-looking forecasting for the Structural Heart Division business. This role is responsible for managing, coordinating, and consolidating Rolling LBEs, quarterly confirmation forecasts, and monthly reporting for Global Abbott Structural Heart, ensuring accuracy and integrity of financial information. The position will also produce analytics and business support for executive decision-making and prepare high-quality presentations for senior leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, economics (or related fields).
• 8+ combined years of experience in accounting or finance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate to all levels of the organization as well as with domestic and international colleagues.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, variance analysis skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while handling multiple priorities.
• Advanced level proficiency in Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivots, what if/sum if, etc.), PowerPoint, and Hyperion Essbase (Dodeca).

Nice To Haves

• Prior supervisory experience of exempt employees.
• Advanced level degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• CPA or other certifications.
• Medical device experience.
• Experience with SAP, HFM, and PowerBI.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coordinate, and consolidate Rolling LBEs, quarterly confirmation forecasts, and monthly reporting for Global Abbott Structural Heart.
• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and integrity of financial information.
• Produce analytics and business support to enable informed decision making by the executive staff.
• Prepare high quality presentations to be shared with senior leaders across the organization.
• Ensure short and long-term financial forecasts are presented in a meaningful way and of very high quality.
• Develop, implement, and oversee processes to deliver clear and consistent forecasting and reporting of the organization’s cost and value while aligning financial impacts across Structural Heart in a transparent manner.
• Foresee potential opportunities/risk and prepare contingency plans.
• Prepare clear and concise executive management presentation materials to communicate division financial objectives and performance.
• Assist in preparing P&L Causal and Gross Margin Rollforward.
• Evaluate and drive innovative value creation and initiatives for continuous, measurable improvements.
• Produce high impact business analyses and decision support for executive management to optimize financial performance and profitability.
• Serve as the primary global financial planning and analysis (FP&A) point of contact for the division.
• Prepare a planning calendar with key dates and deliverables.
• Identify and communicate all FP&A submission requirements.
• Develop flexible, comprehensive tools and templates to consolidate and analyze LBE results while ensuring financial submission materials meet requirements and needs of the division, Medical Devices headquarters and/or Corporate.
• Serve as the main contact for all division requests/administration for the financial planning system (DODECA).
• Identify enhancements and implement as approved.
• Develop overall data and analytics strategy.
• Communicate with global FP&A contacts to coordinate on routine and ad hoc management requirements.
• Manage and develop a financial analyst.
• Contribute to the overall training and on-going support to the Geos/Areas/Global functions.

Benefits

• 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.
• Health and wellness benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager