Area Finance Manager

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

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager - Area Sales to join our Commercial Finance team at our Austin, Texas location. This position will provide primary financial support for two Area Vice Presidents as well as supplemental support for two product segments within the US CRM (Cardiac Rhythm Management) organization. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

What You’ll Work On 

• Produce high impact business analyses and decision support to optimize sales growth, market share gains, impact of new product launches, and profitability 

• Collaborate with commercial teams to evaluate and prioritize strategic initiatives - continually monitor effectiveness and appropriateness 

• Provide leadership with current performance assessments, trend analyses, recommended success metrics and proposals for improvements 

• Analyze procedure and revenue data by geography, account, product, and by sales rep/clinical; develop and recommend solutions in the areas of territory alignment, field force productivity, resource planning and expense management 

• Prepare forecasts, analytics and financial presentations for executive meetings supporting the quarterly LBE (Latest Best Estimate) process 

• Compile, analyze, and presents findings on financial and sales competitive intelligence 

• Collaborate with other commercial sales teams, finance, marketing, operations, supply chain to develop and implement business solutions and margin improvement programs 

• Oversee monthly financial closing activities as well as prepare financial modeling and ad hoc analysis 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field 

• 4+ years of experience performing financial and variance analysis, forecasting, planning, and financial modeling 

• Ability to prioritize, influence, drive for results, meet deadlines and engage others to accomplish projects in a fast-paced, changing environment 

• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization 

• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and engage others to accomplish projects in a fast-paced, changing environment 

• Travel approximately 5%  

* 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. 

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. 

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