Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

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.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• 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

TheSenior Accountant is a key member of the finance team supporting theconsolidation and reporting of monthly results.  This team member will work closely with all operational aspects of the business to support day-to-day and month end accounting functions with quality, accuracy and integrity.  This individual will own delegated accounts and have an intimate understanding of the financial statements produced to ensure compliance.  The role will be challenged to seek, propose, and drive process improvements across their related areas of responsibilities.  The ideal candidate is someone who approaches tasks with an innovative, service-oriented mindset,and utilizesin-depth understanding of accounting principles, and company practices to achieveresults. 

What You’ll Work On

• Preparation and review of consolidated financial statements ensuring accuracy and completeness whileidentifying and researchingtrends/variances  

• Prepares and reviews journal entries  

• Deep understanding offinancial accounting concepts  

• Partners with internal customers to gain comprehensive business knowledge within Abbott Rapid Diagnostics 

• Conduct and document complex financial processes 

• Interprets results autonomously using a variety of techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation via statistical analysis to complex data mining 

• Understands data validation techniques  

• Regularly ensures that reporting delivered to internal customers is accurate, rich in actionable content and useful 

• Liaison with leaders andpresent financial reporting on various requests related to variances, cause of changes, or current business needs 

• Supportadhocanalysisandspecialprojectsonanasneededbasis 

• Makes recommendations based on analysis and status of reserves, assets, and expenditures 

• Reviews journal entries of junior staff ensuring accuracy 

• Trains and mentors’ junior staff 

• Owns, supports, analyzes, and preparesassigned account reconciliations 

• Assists with financial and tax audits 

• Aids in documenting and monitoringcontrols to support audit team 

• Coordinates complex accounting projects and initiatives with other members of thefinance team and/or other departments 

Required Qualifications