Job Description

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, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• 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 onsite out of our Westford MA location in the Abbott Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

This role is a hands-on technical accounting position ranging from closing the books, preparing financial statements, audits and providing GAAP guidance and ERP systems expertise. This is a role that will support the Company in meeting its financial and strategic goals but must also be comfortable operating in the day-to-day details. Additional responsibilities may include managing a financial analyst.

What You’ll Work On

• Direct and monitor cost accounting activities to ensure the organization’s financial resources are managed in accordance w/ GAAP & comply with all relevant regulations, laws, and standards

• Interprets operating results as they affect the financial aspects of the corporation and makes specific recommendations, which will result in cost reductions and profit improvements.

• P rovides leadership in the forecasting and planning of the Company’s financial and operating results.

• Provide technical expertise and advice to functional or operational areas managers to help them develop budgets, understand financial reports, and manage their financial responsibilities.

• Select and manage ongoing relationships with external advisors (e.g. accounting firms) to ensure the organization receives satisfactory service standards.

• General ledger maintenance, financial analysis, reporting, and asset management

• Review & ensure financial reporting and accounting statement accuracy

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or any other related field plus

• Minimum 7 years both overall and any industry-specific experience needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree MBA, CPA, CMA preferred

• 10 years of related experience

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:

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 $97,300.00 – $194,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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