Financial Analyst - Altavista, VA Plant

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.

• Implement and maintain the effectiveness of the financial system & internal controls.

• Document fixed asset procedures; coordinate the plant fixed assets inventories and conduct internal/external audits.

• Responsible for financial planning, reporting, and analysis.

• Prepare financial plans and forecasts based on performance expectations.

• Support the development of standard product costing, after proper verification of routings, bills of materials and components costs, including review for reasonableness. Prepare cost estimates as required.

• Gather and publishe financial information related to historical, current, and future performance.

• Perform financial analysis utilizing appropriate financial concepts and techniques.

• Recommend alternative courses of action.

• Develop detailed financial forecasts incorporating historic, trended, and current business information.

• Monitor functional and departmental spending versus budget by highlighting material variances using system generated detail and trend reports.

• Manage monthly close through journal entry, reconciliation, and report generation.

• Monitor spending and ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, in accordance with divisional reporting requirements.

• Prepare and distribute financial reports and packages by gathering and analyzing information related to current performance.

• Develop and utilize sound financial processes.

• Assist management with special projects and ad-hoc analysis.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the organization to provide meaningful and timely insights and guidance.

• Plan, organize, and prioritize own daily work routine to meet established schedule.

• Exercise authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.

• Receive limited supervision on standard issues, and detailed instructions on new assignments. Employee performance is reviewed for soundness of judgment, overall adequacy, and accuracy.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Individual must have excellent problem solving and analytical skills, as well as an ability to effectively manage workload to ensure deadlines are not missed.

• The individual must be highly motivated and have a desire to innovate and create new ways of looking at things.

• CPA or MBA.

• Experience in financial planning and analysis.

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