About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
In Germany, Abbott has more than 4,000 employees working in manufacturing, research and development, logistics, manufacturing, sales and marketing. They are located at Abbott`s German headquarters in Wiesbaden and its sites in Hanover, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wetzlar, Eschborn, Cologne, Jena and Hamburg.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters and help people to live a healthier and full life, grow your career, and learn, be your true self. You will have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of
An attractive benefits package (e.g. Abbott Pension Plan, company bike, Employee Stock Purchase program)
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.
A challenging position in a fast-growing crisis independent industry
To become part of a dynamic, highly educated, highly skilled, and motivated team
Flat hierarchies, open appreciative mentality, and efficient, constructive lines of communication
Multi-national environment, where we foster the development of our talents within the enterprise
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Wiesbaden location - Abbott GmbH for Abbott's Diabetes Care business. We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.
Your Responsibilities:
Monitor all aspects of the Order-To-Cash process of ADC Germany webshop, ensure all orders are processed and invoiced timely
Drive improvements to the cash collection process, to increase visibility, speed, and accuracy of collection
Act as a enabler for ADC Germany´s finance organization between technical reimbursement and cash collection process
Own the reconciliation process between internal general ledger and external sub-ledger
Escalate timely challenges to Senior Management
Ensure appropriate booking of bad debt reserve and sales allowances in anticipation of the cash collection risks incl. root cause analysis and derivation of improvement scenarios
Prepare the quarterly/annual Balance Sheet forecast with a high level of forecast accuracy through anticipation of challenges.
Balance Sheet reporting: ensure a clear and concise monthly reporting of actual vs benchmark
Act as financial business partner in meetings with Statutory Health Institutions
Drive the financial troubleshooting within daily operations
Provide ad-hoc business and project support related to all order-to-cash relevant topics
Review and approve all rebates agreements and actual disbursements
Coordinate internal & external audits and SOX requests
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance
Minimum 5 years of experience in finance consulting or business controlling
Knowledge of financial and accounting processes within a large corporation, multinational environment and heterogenous in- and external stakeholders
Experience in set up and steering of meetings with involved parties with hands on focus to ‘get the job done’
Flexibility on changing initial solution approach path in order to solve a problem (to think out of the box) and develop new processes and solutions
Capabilities to challenge data sets provided internally and by vendors and their implications on ADC Germany´s financial development
Make use of analytical skills to question the status quo and derive sound decision proposals
Experience and confidence to communicate and present to senior management as well as to vendors involved in the reimbursement and cash collection process
Fluent in German and English
Leadership & analytical skills
Self-Starter with problem solving skills and ability to meet deadlines by managing in- and external data sources incl. vendor management
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
We ask for your understanding that we only consider online applications via our online application portal. Applications by email or post cannot be processed. Original documents will not be returned.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/
The base pay for this position is
N/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.