Job Description
About Us
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, nutrition, and branded generic medicines.
Our 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Vacancy Overview
We currently have a vacancy for a RTR Manager to support the Medical Devices Division within our Shared Services team based in Western Europe.
The successful candidate will join the Shared Services Centre based in Ireland.
Main Responsibilities
* Lead an accounting team performing general accounting processes from transaction through to financial close and periodic external reporting in support of corporate, country/legal entity, and regional controllers.
* Responsible for Month end close process, close governance, and associated corporate reporting.
* Assist in the advancement of the Target Operating Model (TOM) by identifying additional activities to be transitioned to the outsource partner(s), while continuing to transition more complex activities into the regional shared services organization.
* Report on agreed performance measures, KPIs, and goal-setting processes to support Shared Services.
* Support and guide internal and external teams to identify, implement, and maintain effective controls for finance process activities performed to ensure ongoing data integrity for Abbott.
* Support the continued development of team members utilizing Abbott's training and development tools.
* Lead the team to perform ad hoc and special projects assignments, including system migrations.
* Sustain Service Agreement delivery standards with internal customers and 3rd party outsource service providers.
Requirements
* Qualified Accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA.
* BS degree in Accounting or Finance, preferred.
* 5+ years relevant experience in a complex global environment – preferably within Shared Services servicing a multi-currency, US GAAP based financial close.
* 3-5 years team lead experience, mentoring and developing teams.
* SAP or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable.
* Experience in SAP system migration desirable.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.
* Fluent in English essential.
* Proficiency in Spanish or Italian language preferred.