Controller Distributor Region Latin America

Working at Abbott 

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. 

The Opportunity  

This position works out of our Lake Forest, IL location for Core Diagnostics Division.

Relocation assistance if needed. 

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. 

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers. 

What You’ll Work On 

The Distributor Region and Central America Controller primarily job responsibilities are to act as financial leader and business partner for the DX-CAM Regional General Manager, will play a key role in the implementation of business strategies to grow sales and profitability. Provide strategic vision, valuable insights and focus related to financial issues facing the business unit. The Controller is responsible for owning all the processes and procedures that drive the financial projections and management analysis the region.  This includes leading financial reporting, budget preparation, margin risk analysis, deal analysis and forecast accuracy. Additionally assuring strong and cost-effective internal controls are in place and executed. 

CORE RESPONSABILITIES: 

• Keep alignment with business partners to ensure support to Commercial Strategy Implementation 

• Coordinate and present accurate and timely fact-based analysis supporting management’s decisions. 

• Present financial information into clear and concise value-added analysis. 

• Drive the FP&A Process in the Region including: 

• Support Setting and Tracking of Financial Targets (Plan/LBE/IBP) 

• Drive Sales and Margin Forecast Accuracy. 

• Perform Margin Risk and Contingency analysis. 

• Act as financial leader for monthly IBP process and decision support. 

• Respond effectively to operational and market changes to meet the financial commitments of the ADD Business. 

• Streamline processes to provide timely and meaningful financial information to both Distributor Region General Manager and the Area Controller. 

• Maintain an effective system of internal financial controls. 

• Effectively manages communication with and understands cultural differences of the affiliates to ensure alignment with Division and Corporate expectations. 

• Lead and develop staff through training and coaching. Ensure people talent is aligned with actual and future business needs. 

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration. 

• Minimum 8 years of experience in FP&A, with experience at Country/ Region level 

• Fluency in English and Spanish are required 

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Preferred Qualifications 

• MBA or CPA a plus 

• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and requirements for devices or diagnostics 

• Experience in a customer facing role is strongly needed for success 

• Customer oriented mindset with expand strong team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Ability to build strong relationships at every level of the organization 

• Ability to make decisions and drive change across the organization 

• Capable of working with little supervision 

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