Financial Analyst Job Vacancy in USA at Abbott

Job Title: Financial Analyst
AutoReqId 109271BR
Job Family Accounting & Finance
Job Category Full-Time
Job Classification Experienced/Established
Division Abbott Diabetes Care
Shift First
Relocation Assistance Within Country
Overview
Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medical products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics.  The company employs approximately 91,000 people and markets its products in more than 130 countries.

Job Description PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION:
Responsible for developing, interpreting and implementing financial concepts for financial reporting and control. Understand and apply complex concepts. Identify risks, propose recommendations and solutions to issues. Implement solutions for problem resolution. Complete a wide range of financial services and deliverables. Assess reasonableness and relevance of financial assumptions with limited supervision.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Create actuals that meet timing and quality of presentation requirements and facilitate management review and decision making. Example: Prepare and analyze account reconciliations in a timely manner. Assure availability of timely and well presented, high quality actual P&L, balance sheet, and sales detail results vs. current and prior year benchmarks as well as trended information. Example: Perform activities required for monthly close with limited supervision. Maintain controls to assure the integrity of assets and the compliance with GAAP. This responsibility should be performed in a way that avoids any surprises and that could reasonably have been foreseen by the relevant level of financial management as well as protecting the company's assets. Example: Ability to analyze and interpret data and make recommendations. Increase and maintain professional development to contribute to a financial organization capable of meeting Division and Corporate requirements. Example: Identifies personal career wants/needs and evaluates against the business needs.

Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and performing other duties as assigned by management
Note: This job description describes the principal and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they currently exist, but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent representation.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITY / SCOPE:
Ensures appropriate integrity and reasonableness of financial data as well as compliance with Corp/Div financial policies and procedures, and understanding of GAAP. Responsible for adherence to Abbott accounting policies and procedures (CFMs). Provide financial support and fully support achievement of financial plans, goals and objectives. Seeks guidance on issues outside of normal scope. Very organized with good interpersonal, communication, and presentations skills. Operate with limited supervision on projects with significant interface across functions and groups. Balance demands of a variety of customers with potentially conflicting goals. Meet deadlines with minimal supervision and balance workload requirements. Accountable for meeting critical project deliverables.
Skills/Experience Requirements Basic Qualifications:
2 plus years accounting or finance related experience. Ability to analyze and interpret data. Ability to plan, implement, and administer financial information and control systems. Knowledge of the principles, processes and standards for integrated financial analysis and reporting. Proficient in Excel. Understanding of financial accounting systems, preferably PeopleSoft.

Preferred Qualifications:
Education Requirements Bachelors degree preferred in accounting or finance.
Significant Work Activities & Conditions Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)
Percent of Travel 0 - 20 %
Country USA
State/Province California
Site Location Alameda, CA
Employer of Choice
Through numerous local, national and international accolades, Abbott is regarded as an employer of choice for our commitment to workplace excellence. Our employees are given the tools to succeed, lead and grow, with challenging opportunities and work that makes a difference. Through our diverse healthcare businesses, we connect people and potential in ways that no other company can.

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 EEO Statement:

At Abbott, we believe that diversity drives innovation. Innovative thinkers who are passionate about the work they do, Abbott employees are representative of the diversity of the patients we strive to serve every single day across the globe.

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