Finance Leader

at  Abbott Laboratories

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree Business Administration with major in accounting and/or Finance.
• 8+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment in accounting and/or Finance.
• Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish)
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, etc.)
• Knowledge of integrated cost accounting systems and information systems.
• Shift Admin

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of information systems (SAP preferred).
• Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Capable of hiring, developing and leading a team.

• Operational business support: Supervises the day to day financial support to Production Manager, Supervisors and other operations personnel. Supports operational managers in the monetary spending overhead analysis and budget control; audit cycle count program to assure its effectiveness and timely report its results to management.
• Supervise all the department employees and ascertain adherence to Human Resources policies and regulations, including development of department and individual goals and activities, performance evaluations, training and coaching; Advise staff managers on financial and non-financial activities that impact, complement or improve the facility operations performance.
• Closing – Supervises the execution of the monthly general ledger close process for its respective business units, including spending accruals.
• Reporting – Supervises the analysis of financial results, verifying its reasonableness, the preparation of periodic manufacturing performance reports to management including product cost by area and coordinates and / or prepares special ad hoc information requests for local, division or corporate management.
• Budgets / Forecasting – Leads and/or supervises the annual manufacturing budget plan (material, labor & overhead); coordinates and summarizes the necessary data for the timely preparation of quarterly forecasts, Strategic plan and other similar analyses.
• Product costing – Supervises the development of standard product costing, after proper verification of routings, bills of materials and components costs, including its review for reasonableness; and the preparation of cost estimates as required.