Finance Manager

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: 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 • 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 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 Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and ZonePerfect® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.   Our location in Columbus, OH currently has an opportunity for a Finance Manager. Columbus, Ohio, is Abbott’s oldest nutrition manufacturing plant in the world. Working here, you’ll feel part of a family – a family of 400 that works together to help nourish the world.   What You’ll Work On Responsibilities: • Responsible for full financial planning and analysis in support of the Ensure® brand • Collaborate with Commercial (Marketing) to build monthly and annual sales and expense forecast, converting into full P&L for quarterly LBE deliverables • Prepare schedules for Corporate submissions and forecast review meetings. Produce a meaningful and accurate forecast • Communicate forecast assumptions and analysis to Finance leadership and Ensure® brand partners • Report and analyze monthly close results, communicating variances to leadership • Provide financial support, recommendations and insight to brand partners and the Finance organization as it relates to all brand opportunities and assessments • Utilize critical thinking skills to assess reasonableness and relevance of financial assumptions by highlighting risks and opportunities associated with financial forecasts • The Finance Manager must be able to understand and apply financial concepts, facilitate interpretation and understanding of data, identify risks and opportunities and propose sound recommendations to finance and business leadership Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or finance • Minimum 6 or more years of applicable experience in diversified finance/accounting roles • Excellent analytical, problem solving skills and oral/written communication skills, as well as an ability to effectively manage workload to ensure deadlines are met • Proven critical thinking skills to identify and share business implications of financial results • Demonstrate the ability to lead cross-functional projects and complete assignments, interacting with multiple functions • Excellent communication skills are essential, as this role interacts