Senior Financial Analyst
Abbott Products Operations AG · Allschwil, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
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About Abbott
At Abbott, we believe people live their fullest lives when they are healthy — physically, emotionally, and socially. As a global healthcare leader with more than 107,000 colleagues across 160+ countries, we develop life‑changing medicines and technologies that support health at every stage of life.
Within our Branded Generics business, we make trusted, high‑quality medicines accessible to more than 18 million people every day, particularly in fast‑growing regions such as LATAM, APAC, India, and Emerging Markets. Our diverse portfolio spans critical therapeutic areas including Women’s Health, Gastroenterology, Cardiometabolic, CNS & Pain, and Respiratory, addressing real and often unmet patient needs worldwide.
Abbott is a place where science, purpose, and people come together — and where diverse perspectives and inclusive leadership are essential to delivering better outcomes for patients globally.
Primary Job Function
As a member of the FP&A team, the Senior Financial Analyst will partner to lead the Abbott EPD financials by running the planning process and generating insights into our markets and affiliates. He/She will be accountable for the quality and timeliness of the financial reports / submissions, will lead ad-hoc financial analysis, and will play an active role in maintaining and improving the FP&A processes.
Core Job Responsibilities
-Analyze financial data and lead EPD planning process
-Organize data into accessible reports and perform various types of analysis using key metrics / Prepare periodic management reports
-Take a key role in RLBE preparation
-Provide financial models and forecasting.
Position Accountability/Scope
-Lead the EPD planning process, including preparation of guidance and tools, actively communicate with key stakeholders and anticipate challenges / opportunities
-Lead specific financial reports (such as EPD vs Market, Price, Investor Relations and Board of Directors), generating insights for the customers
-Consolidate and analyze financial data, ensuring accurate and on time submission of management Packages and corporate templates
-Prepare financial models and generate ad hoc analysis as required by senior management, ensuring reliability and accuracy of financial information provided
-Identify and drive process improvements, including creation and continuous improvement of standard reports / tools
Minimum Education
-Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or equivalent. MBA degree is an asset
Requirements for the job
-3-5 years of experience in corporate finance, financial planning & analysis, or other related fields Excellent analytical skills and good numerical reasoning
-Strong working knowledge of Excel
-Ability to effectively communicate and influence in a matrix and at Senior Management level
-Strong attention to detail and accuracy with a keen eye on making deadlines
-A critical thinker, highly collaborative and able to work cross functionally
-Work efficiently and independently
-Very good command of written and spoken English
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If this opportunity resonates with you — even if you are unsure you meet every requirement — we’d love to learn more about you. Please submit your CV as a PDF or Word document via our careers site.
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