Senior Finance Manager LATAM Established Pharmaceuticals at Abbott Laboratories

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.

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

We have an immediate opportunity for a Senior Finance Manager LATAM Established Pharmaceuticals Division (EPD) in our Hollywood, FL location. 

The Senior Finance Manager is a key leadership role that will lead end to end all planning cycles and manage the Rolling Latest Best Estimate (RLBE) / Plan and Organic Execution Model (OEM) processes, Actual reporting and Commercial Gross Margin initiatives for EPD LATAM.  The individual in this role will prepare executive level RLBE / Plan / OEM presentations for the EPD Latam Controller, partners cross functionally with Business Unit Regional functions, Affiliates Finance Controllers, and actively support an array of ad-hoc FP&A activities for senior leadership.  This requires prioritization, efficiency, and attention to detail to ensure accurate and timely financials and analyses are provided to leadership to enable informed decision making.  The role is a key driver of value creation who influences decisions leveraging fact based financial analysis. This role has oversight of three direct reports.

What You'll Work On:

• Manage RLBE / Plan / OEM (long range plan) processes from a regional perspective, which includes setting deadlines, providing guidance on deliverables, completing RLBE submissions to EPD Division and performing Latam-level analysis.

• Manage the P&L consolidation of total EPD Latam results and summaries by Affiliates and business function for monthly reporting, quarterly RLBEs and quarterly Confirmation estimates for management review and decision-making.

• Prepare quality, concise and polished financial presentation content for executive meetings, including Monthly Staff Meetings, presentation of RLBEs and OEM to EPD Division.

• Serve as key liaison with EPD Division Finance on follow-up questions on RLBE submissions, as well as other ad hoc requests.

• Identify, recommend, and implement finance process improvements across the region; includes facilitating regular meetings to review key topics, relay guidance and discuss/share finance best practices.

• Manage the EPD Latam HQ budgeting and reporting, including forecasting, month-end close, and review of results with the EPD Latam Controller.

• Experience in USGAAP accounting to ensure properly planning and provide guidance to countries in the region.

• Ensure integrity of financials, maintains sound internal control and secure satisfactory audits across the region.

• Deliver high end forecast accuracy and supports improvement of the supply forecast.

• Manage and develop three finance staff; this includes hiring, training, and developing skills and capabilities that prepare finance talent for their next Abbott finance roles.

Required Qualifications:

• 10-15 years of progressive Finance/Accounting experience aligned to the role expectations with proven track record in financial planning and analysis, business -commercial partnering and internal controls.

• Bachelor's Degree

• Prior supervisory and leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA, MBA or other advanced degree preferred.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities and changing customer demands under tight timelines.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with determination for accuracy.

• Excellent communication skills are essential; demonstrate the ability to collaborate and partner with business colleagues at multiple levels of the organization in a mature, professional, and tactful manner.

• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple task and projects simultaneously, achieving required deadlines without sacrificing quality in a fast-paced environment.  Ability to anticipate and organize workload accordingly.

• Risk and Opportunities management.

• Ability to operate independently and adaptable to changing requirements.

• Experience creating PowerPoint presentations and well versed in creating financial visuals.

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.

The base pay for this position is $125,300.00 – $250,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.