Finance Leader - Costa Rica - Abbott

Descripción

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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 will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• 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

This position works out of our Costa Rica – Alajuela location in the Electrophysiology Division. In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Finance Leader, you will be responsible to for leading the Finance function for one or more value streams and is the primary partner for CR Senior Operation leader in all finance related issues. The major areas of responsibility include budget and planning, standard cost, manufacturing variances analysis and reporting, capital projects, close and reporting and other related financial requests. The position supervises senior and financial analysts supporting the value streams. What You'll Do

• 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.

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.

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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