RTR Manager ( French or Italian)

at  Abbott Laboratories

ABOUT ABBOTT

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, nutritional’s and branded generic medicines. Our 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
We currently have a vacancy for a RTR Manager to be based in our Shared Services team, supporting the Medical Devices Division. The team of 12 are responsible for all Western Europe commercial, Regional distribution centres and Manufacturing sites.
The successful candidate will join the Shared Services Centre based in Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin
We are seeking a RTR Manager within our Record to Report division of the Shared Services team, supporting the Italy and Spanish markets.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Qualified Accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• BS degree in Accounting or Finance, preferred
• 5+ years relevant experience in a complex global environment – preferably within Shared Services servicing a multi-currency, US GAAP based financial close
• 3-5 years team lead experience, mentoring and developing teams
• SAP or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable
• Experience in SAP system migration desirable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential

MINIMUM LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Fluent in English essential
• Proficiency in Spanish or Italian language preferred

• Leads an accounting team, performing general accounting processes from the point of transaction through to financial close and periodic external reporting (monthly, quarterly, and annually) in support of corporate, country/legal entity and regional controllers
• Responsible for Month end close process, close governance and associated corporate reporting
• Assist in the advancement of the Target Operating Model (TOM) by identifying additional activities to be transitioned to the outsource partner(s), while continuing to transition more complex activities into the regional shared services organization
• Report on agreed performance measures, KPIs, and goal setting processes to support Shared Services
• Support and guide the internal and external teams to identify, implement and maintain effective controls for the finance process activities performed to ensure ongoing data integrity for Abbott
• Support the continued development of team members utilizing Abbott’s training and development tools
• Lead the team to perform ad hoc and special projects assignments, including system migrations
• Sustain Service Agreement delivery standards with the internal customers and 3rd party outsource service providers.