Senior Financial Analyst (R&D Finance) - Point of Care (Ottawa)

Location: Canada - Ontario - Ottawa

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.

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 will have access to:
• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• 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

This position works out of our Ottawa, Canada location in the Abbott Point of Care, Diagnostics Division. Abbott Point of Care (APOC) is a global leader in providing critical medical diagnostic and data management products for rapid blood analysis that are intuitive, reliable, and cost-effective. Our i-STAT System is an advanced, portable diagnostic tool that provides real-time, lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate patient-care decision-making.

The i-STAT System has the industry’s most comprehensive menu of tests in a single, with-patient platform, including tests for blood gases, electrolytes, chemistries, coagulation, hematology, glucose, and cardiac markers. By delivering lab-quality results in minutes, our i-STAT System fosters a collaborative, patient-centered environment while driving improved operational performance. The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for financial planning, reporting and analysis for global Research and Development (R&D), with a strong focus on financial performance monitoring, Latest Best Estimates (LBE) cycle, Organic Execution Model, and month‑end close.

This role collaborates with R&D, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and the broader Finance including enterprise-wide initiatives.

What You’ll Do

• Provide budget planning, analysis, and reporting to senior leadership for global Research and Development to ensure alignment between R&D investment strategy and APOC’s long-term innovation roadmap.
• Collaborate closely with Scientists, Researchers, Project Managers, and Clinical teams to provide detailed financial metrics and information to enable innovation, productive resource allocation, and strategic investments opportunities.
• Utilize systems including TM1 and ERP (system with detailed transactions) to analyze actuals and investigate variances.
• Prepare accounting journal entries and monthly reporting packages to Finance and Business leadership.
• Identify improvement areas and actively work with Finance and IT to gain efficiency.
• Work with Corporate Finance Shared Service and Division Finance Teams to support ad-hoc requests.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
• Minimum 6 years of experience in FP&A, Cost Accounting, or similar roles.
• Strong analytical skills to provide data and analysis to support decision making.
• Demonstrated experience in financial and variance analysis working with financial system applications.
• Highly skilled in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous financial planning and analysis experience at a publicly traded company.
• Previous experience working in a matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Working knowledge of TM1, SAP, Oracle, or MRP system in multimillion dollar companies
• The annual base salary for this position ranges from $87,000.00 to $127,600.00 CAD. The salary range provided applies to Canada only and does not apply to any other locations outside of Canada.
• 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.
• Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbottand on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
• 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

APOC Point of Care

LOCATION

Canada > Ottawa : 185 Corkstown Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS

WORK SHIFT

Standard

TRAVEL

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES

Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)