Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Main Purpose of Role:

• Responsible for ANI ANZ’s quarterly financial forecast, i.e. LBE, annual Plan, long-term financial strategy planning, budget management and financial analytical analyses.

Main Responsibilities:

• Prepare financial reports (such as Plans and Rolling LBEs) that meet the timing and quality of presentation requirements, facilitating management review and decision making while ensuring data integrity and compliance with GAAP, Abbott financial policies and procedures, and Abbott's Code of Conduct
• Build detailed projection models that analyze and project the financial impact of business initiatives across ANI ANZ and translate them into P&L expectations.
• Support the organization with financial guidance/consulting and assistance with analysis that will aid in the achievement of business objectives.  Proactively identify and communicate results to the organization through monthly reporting and ad hoc analysis including trends, issues and opportunities, identification of key plus/(minus) issues and recommendations for appropriate contingency plans.
• Establish and maintain an effective, efficient, and well-documented consolidation and financial planning process for Affiliate and operational functions being supported, including coordination of a planning calendar with key dates and deliverables. This includes to ongoing evaluation of options to streamline, automate and/ or outsource financial consolidation processes.
• Provide ongoing FP&A training to the financial organization to ensure that it can meet Area and Division requirements.
• Work as finance liaison with Area office with regards to monthly end close result vs LBE, Plan and confirmation.  Provide all required financial schedule for Affiliate/Area and Division FP&A.
• Experience with cost change process and standard cost set up for Affiliate.  Tracking actual cost vs forecast and identify root cause for any variances.
• Gross to net budget and tracking: working with commercial team to establish gross to net budget, validate it with program, contractual agreements and review actual against budget

Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum 6 - 8 years financial experience (FP&A, general accounting, financial reporting, cost)
• Prior commercial finance partnership at large Corporation is a plus.
• Proficiency in Host Analytics, HFM/CCI, SAP.

• Affinity with general IT and information systems (SAP and Oracle).
• Strong excel skills that can build complex financial model is preferred.
• Strong presentation that can translate number into executive ready presentation is a plus.
• Familiar with general accounting standards.
• Good understanding of the key processes of an organization.
• Have experience and being able to analyze and interpret complex problems/data gathered from a variety of sources and through effective decision-making and planning, delivers superior business solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize; strong organizational and planning skills; strong intellectual curiosity.
• Ability and aptitude to provide solutions and contingency plans through the comprehensive review of alternatives

• Have experience and demonstrate ability to effectively communicate to a diverse stakeholder, at multiple levels with a company through various format.
• A proven history of partnering with various stakeholders to produce and deliver well-synthesized analyses, narratives, and recommendations to diverse audiences, including senior management.

• Be highly responsible with any job assignments, handle the job with transparency, integrity.

• Demonstrated ability to comfortably work in a continuously changing and dynamic environment
• Must thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic company environment.

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:ANI International Nutrition

LOCATION:Australia > Macquarie Park : 299 Lane Cove Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:Standard

TRAVEL:Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)