Director Financial Planning and Analysis - Structural Heart

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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.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Santa Clara, CA location in the Structural Heart division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

As the Director, FPandA , you’ll be in consultation and alignment with the Division’s Finance Leader and Divisional strategy, have primary management responsibility for division's financial activities globally as well as related financial planning, analysis and reporting scopes. You will provide strategic finance direction to the broader global finance organization and peers in the principal areas of P/L and B/S planning, forecasting and FCST accuracy, reporting and analysis for all internal BU / Divisional / Corporate requirements. In addition, you’ll be responsible for periodic financial reporting activities, full planning and forecasting activities, financial projects within BU and division levels as well as related KPIs and performance measures dictated by the division.

What You’ll Work On

• Provides strategic guidance to BU functional sr. leadership and other BU stakeholders (geo’s, marketing, OPS, RandD, IT, HR, etc.) resulting from financial planning, analysis and reporting. Financial planning and analysis may include directions resulting from revenue analysis reporting, shareholder value analysis, market modeling, business development analysis, profit and loss reporting and planning, budget establishment/forecasting/tracking, gross margin analysis, workforce planning analysis, investment analysis, cash flow management, finance system planning, etc.
• Provides strategic guidance to BU functional sr. leadership and other BU stakeholders (geo’s, marketing, OPS, RandD, IT, HR, etc.) resulting from financial planning, analysis and reporting. Financial planning and analysis may include directions resulting from revenue analysis reporting, shareholder value analysis, market modeling, business development analysis, profit and loss reporting and planning, budget establishment/forecasting/tracking, gross margin analysis, workforce planning analysis, investment analysis, cash flow management, finance system planning, etc.
• Collaborates with peers, leaders and other stakeholders to ensure proper accounting, forecasting, and reporting of divisional financial results.
• Owns, prepares and presents financial planning, analysis and reporting of results to leadership on a regular basis to ensure the division is achieving strategic plan and annual operating plan commitments.
• Develop, influence and drive revenue growth strategies while implementing/utilizing common financial guidelines, processes and standards across the BU groups by influence management.
• Partners with division/shared service/ Corporate leadership on special projects involving the Controllership and/or allocates other appropriate team resources.
• Oversees BU, Divisional and corporate consolidated reporting for periodic results (monthly, quarterly and annually), providing recommendations and driving accountability on delivering financial plans/targets.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years
• Progressively responsible experience in diverse phases of finance, cost accounting and operations finance knowledge in a complex environment.
• Matrix organization experience (broad cross-functional / cross divisional model)
• Highly proficient in working with finance/accounting/planning automations/ERPs/financial tools. Previous experience managing several hundred-million-dollar budgets and/or revenue tracking upwards of several hundred million.
• Establish and/or maintain internal processes, procedures and controls which ensure the integrity of financial assets, accuracy of forecasts and future plans.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish milestones / projects.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels across the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes, and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Ability to travel approximately 10-20%, including internationally.
• Proven track record of establishing processes, guardrails and managing through KPIs.
• Ability to drive productivity, leverage budgets effectively and efficiently (high sense of urgency to drive optimized performance)
• Experience in developing financial models and future planning according to operational needs / growth strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly engaged and communicative business partner mentality
• Extensive analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and executive presence
• High sense of urgency and commitment / accountability on delivering high quality results
• Adaptable towards new situations and having an out of the box leadership approach/attitude
• Ability to lead and openness to organizational change management/transformation
• Solid project management and execution capability
• In-depth understanding of Abbott planning activities and processes
• Demonstrated knowledge of P/L, B/S planning and reporting requirements
• Prior experience in driving complex, strategic, cross functional activities and projects
• Ability to work across diverse and broad cultures
• Sound systems knowledge, preferably with ERP / Abbott operated systems

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Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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The base pay for this position is $164,900.00 – $329,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.