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Abbott Finance Controller - EPD Channel Business in Mumbai, India
Position Summary
As the Finance Controller for Channel Business of EPD India, you will act as a key business partner supporting strategic growth across Institution, Corporate Hospitals, Pharma Chains, and E-commerce channels. This role is pivotal in carving out a separate P&L for channel business, driving pricing strategies including marginal costing models, and enabling scale-up initiatives. Additionally, you will support pricing and projects on a regular basis, ensuring financial compliance and operational excellence.
Roles & Responsibilities
Channel Business Finance Support : Partner with commercial teams to drive financial planning and analysis for Institution, Corporate Hospitals, Pharma Chains, and E-commerce.
Carving out a separate P&L : Develop and maintain a separate P&L for channel business, ensuring accurate reporting and profitability analysis.
Pricing & Costing : Lead pricing initiatives, build marginal costing models, and provide insights for strategic pricing decisions to enable tender participation
Scaling Initiatives : Support business scale-up through financial modeling, scenario planning, and risk mitigation strategies.
Automisation : Work on automising MIS and pricing approvals to remove manual interventions and also create central repository of approvals and records
Cash Flow & Working Capital : Forecast and monitor cash flow for channel business, optimize working capital, and implement corrective actions.
Project Management : Drive key projects related to pricing, compliance, and operational improvements; ensure timely delivery and stakeholder alignment.
Financial Reporting : Ensure accuracy in monthly closing, reporting, and variance analysis for channel business.
Compliance & Governance : Maintain adherence to internal controls, various regulatory guidelines such as NPPA
RLBE & Planning : Contribute to plan/LBE submissions and scenario analysis for channel business. Ensure that all affiliates and central teams are carrying ‘One set of numbers’.
ADS monitoring : Monitor and be part of ADS exercise which is owned by commercial but driven by channels team to ensure ‘One set of numbers’
Needs to work with:
Affiliate Finance, Central finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, IT, Demand Planners across 3 affiliates, Factories
Competencies
Strong business partnering and influencing skills
Expertise in pricing strategies and financial modeling
Analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Knowledge of NPPA and other regulatory compliance so as to enable support to business and pricing
Project management and execution excellence
Job Requirements
Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance
10+ years of experience in Finance, preferably in Pharma sector
Exposure to institutional pricing, government tenders, and channel business models
Hands-on experience in FP&A, P&L management, and marginal costing
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com