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The Opportunity

A healthy heart is essential to good health. That's why we're committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader in CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT Technologies, our breakthrough medical technologies help restore people's health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. We focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

We are recruiting for our next Commercial Controller, CALA CRM to work onsite out of our in Sylmar, CA, Austin TX, or Hollywood, FL Offices .

The primary function of this position is to execute a wide range of financial planning and decision support responsibilities for Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management CALA region and participate in short and long-range planning and execution of strategic initiatives. This role will execute the full range of responsibilities (e.g., general accounting in conjunction with CFS, financial planning, financial reporting, financial analysis, cost accounting, entity reporting, internal control, entity planning, inventory control, and disbursements) to ensure the timeliness, accuracy, and integrity of all financial related information.

What You’ll Work On

• Responsible for establishing, developing, and implementing appropriate processes and procedures to ensure that the financial planning process provides for efficient and effective decision support tools for senior management.

• Manage the month-end close process in compliance with Division and Corporate reporting requirements including:

• Preparation of financial statements and analyses of income, investment responsibility, DSO and DOH.

• Responsible for ensuring all balance sheet accounts are reconciled monthly and explaining balance sheet fluctuations and review resulting analysis with the Division Controller at least quarterly.

• Ensure adequate internal controls are established and maintained for the countries.

• Manage a liaison relationship with marketing, sales and operations to ensure interests are represented and a mutual understanding is achieved as changes occur in areas such as pricing, contracts, and credit.

• Perform the forecasting, actuals reporting, and analysis function for: capital and project expenses, income statement, balance sheet, strategic spending analysis, standard cost development, and expense variances.

• Participate with Division IT to define/implement Financial/Cost Systems (e.g. report writer, sales reporting, G/L replacement, R&D project tracking system, etc.) to meet future requirements.

• Develop, lead, train and manage direct and functional personnel. Promote and foster a team environment across the Division finance function focused on meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree In accounting or finance or related discipline.

• Minimum 10 years varied accounting experience, including financial reporting, cost accounting, internal controls and procedures, and/or project management. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience managing professional level personnel.

• Requires a seasoned professional with a broad spectrum of financial management skills and experience in addition to having highly developed leadership, interpersonal, communication, and project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills in order to influence, counsel, and support Senior Division management, and develop standards and expectations regarding consistency, reasonableness, and accuracy of financial data.

• The integrity and validity of financial information is critical to the organization in making timely and informed business decisions that support site operation, Abbott and Corporate goals and objectives.

• Can provide guidance to operating management and makes recommendations and gives direction on policies and procedures, entity tax and profitability, and projects involving analysis of product profitability.

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• 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 (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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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The base pay for this position is $144,100.00 – $288,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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