Strategic Finance Manager - #149398

Join Abbott as a Strategic Finance Manager!

About Abbott

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 130 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

Role Overview

As a result of strong business growth and a long-term commitment to innovation, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Strategic Finance Manager to join our expanding, highly skilled team. This role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to provide financial analysis and planning for UK Operations, UK Supply Chains Groups, UK Complaints, and UK Research and Development Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Direction and Guidance: Provide business and financial direction, advice, and guidance to the Site Management Team.
• Budget Management: Manage the process of setting and delivering an expenditure budget in excess of $ 150 million dollars for the ADC UK Site, including Research and Development.
• Financial Planning: Ensure delivery to meet plan and work with management to deliver key strategic and simplification cost savings.
• Risk Management: Meet monthly with management to ensure they keep within the financial plan and provide guidance to correct or mitigate areas of financial risk.
• Capital Budget Management: Manage an annual multi-million dollar capital budget or Operations and R&D.
• Financial Analysis: Formulate accurate P&L, balance sheet, and other ad-hoc financial analysis in a timely manner.
• Compliance: Ensure the Financial Planning and Analysis team carries out risk analysis to reduce financial risk to the business and provide risk mitigation processes.
• Internal Controls: Establish and maintain internal processes, procedures, and controls that ensure the integrity of financial assets and comply with Division/Corporate policies and procedures.
• Inventory Management: Manage the process of daily inventory counting, reconciliation, and corrective actions over the site inventory.
• Team Leadership: Recruit, train, motivate, develop, and manage the performance of personnel within the Financial Planning and Analysis and Compliance teams.
• Deputize for Finance Director: Deputize for the Finance Director as required.
  
  

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance.
• Experience:
• Experience in a finance-related field, planning, management accounting, or manufacturing role.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience in Manufacturing Finance management, planning multiple business cycles, and managing budgets with senior managers.
  

Why Abbott?

In addition to a competitive salary, Abbott offers a highly attractive benefits package which includes a defined-contribution pension scheme, a share ownership scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme which you can tailor to your own requirements. Here at Witney, we also like to help our employee’s live life to the fullest, and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in, including couch to 5k campaigns, beekeeping, yoga, and more!

How To Apply

If you are passionate about providing strategic financial direction and are excited about the opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application, including your CV and a cover letter, detailing your relevant experience and why you are the ideal candidate for this role.