R&D Finance Manager

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Plymouth location in the Electrophysiology Medical Device division. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

This role serves as a critical finance business advisor and partner for EP R&D leadership. The R&D Finance Manager provides sound business counsel and enables the strategic vision of the business unit by advocating spending as an investment, not an expense. They will effectively balance business unit investment needs/ROI with division and corporate investment needs. This individual will interpret root causes to issue and actively seek solutions to problems through sound financial analysis. They will bring the numbers to life through forecast accuracy and presentation of financial information to non-financial audiences. This individual will focus on business strategies to achieve goals rather than report outcomes, while continuously ensure organizational alignment on key action items.

What You’ll Work On

• R&D RLBE Process: Coordinate planning with functional leaders; develop and maintain data collection and entity submission templates; prepare and present RLBE summaries to BU leadership; update and maintain HFM data models.
• R&D Monthly Performance: Update HFM data models, analyze monthly results, and prepare performance summaries for BU leadership.
• NPVs/ROIs for New Product Development: Partner with Marketing, Operations, and PMO to model P&L impacts; assess and communicate potential cannibalization; prepare presentation materials for portfolio reviews and gate meetings with BU leadership.
• R&D Strategic Planning: Coordinate planning with functional heads; maintain data templates and submission packages; prepare and present OEM summaries to BU leadership; update and maintain HFM data models.
• Ad‑hoc Analysis & Support as needed across the organization.

​Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) in Accounting/Finance or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of FP&A experience
• People leadership/management experience

Preferred Qualifications

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