Controller France, Belux & Southern Europe

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Controller, ARDx Infectious Disease France, Belux & Southern Europe

About the Opportunity

Fast and accurate diagnosis is key to successful treatment and full recovery. Abbott has pioneered innovative ways to screen, diagnose and monitor a vast range of health conditions with greater speed, accuracy, and efficiency. As a result, Abbott is a leader in rapid diagnostics at the point of care.  Our Rapid Diagnostics business focuses on five areas: Infectious Disease, Cardiometabolic & Informatics, Toxicology and Consumer Diagnostics. These businesses provide testing solutions for everything from influenza to HIV to diabetes to drug tests and pregnancy testing. Our products are used in a variety of settings including hospital labs, physician office labs, urgent care clinics, pharmacies and remote health posts in remote and rural areas.

We are recruiting for our next Commercial Controller, ARDx Infectious Disease France, Belux & Southern Europe to work onsite out of our office in the Paris Region (Rungis).

The primary function of this position is to execute a wide range of financial planning and decision support responsibilities, including short and long-range planning and execution of strategic initiatives, for Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Infectious Disease EMEA region, with responsibility for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Iberia, Italy and Mediterranean Europe.  

This role will be responsible for the full range of finance responsibilities in the region (e.g., general accounting in conjunction with Global Shared Services, 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.
  • Supporting the reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts and explaining balance sheet fluctuations.
  • Ensuring 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.
• 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 a recognized professional accounting qualification
• Minimum 8 years varied accounting experience, including financial reporting, cost accounting, internal controls and procedures, and/or project management. Must have a minimum of 3 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.
• Fluent in English, with French an advantage

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.

Please apply and join Abbott today. Do work that matters!

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:Financial Planning and Analysis

DIVISION:ID Infectious Disease

LOCATION:France > Bievres : Parc Burospace, Route de Gisy

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:France > Rungis : Miami Building

WORK SHIFT:Standard

TRAVEL:Yes, 10 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Not Applicable