Abbott Ireland Financial Services Cherrywood Dublin Abbott's EMEA Finance Shared Services centre commenced operations in Cherrywood, Dublin in October 2015.
From this location the Finance Shared Services provides processing and expertise, in local languages, to Abbott divisions and affiliate companies across EMEA.
The core services are in Record to Report, Order to Cash, Source to Pay and Master data management.The Financial Shared Services hub is part of Corporate Finance and has regional counterparts in the US and in Singapore.
SOX Testing & Remediation Perform Management SOX testing Identify deficiencies and develop management action plans Manage the outreach, analysis, and memo documentation of applicable SOC 1 reports Control Environment Maintenance & Improvements Enhance and maintain SOX documentation by working with process owners and shared service operations managers (e.g., flowcharts, risk assessments, etc.)Support management's evaluations of internal control over financial reporting via the Archer tool Identify areas where internal controls can be optimized (e.g.
, shift toward preventive automated controls) and process improvements implemented Support enhanced compliance and testing of focus areas Audit Team Coordination and Support Support internal and external audit teams surrounding CFS controls, as well as attendance all relevant walkthroughs Identify opportunities to advance the CFS control reliance strategy between Internal and External Audit teams Partially supervise third-party resource to ensure control environment is operating effectively and testing is appropriately documented Division Security Coordinator Support Support the review and maintenance of regional system requests for segregation of duty conflicts across multiple ERPSImplement new mitigating controls and monitor the expiration of existing controls within SAP Environments Support CFS Initiatives and strategic programs Support ad hoc control projects, including those arising from unique events, transactions, mergers, acquisitions and system implementations that impact CFSSupport ERP deployments – Design of controls, segregation of duties (SOD) concerns and mapping users to roles to avoid SOD issues Support other compliance areas including master data governance Perform other related duties and responsibilities that support CFS, reporting managers and associated teams Support other initiatives outside of compliance that improve and streamline efforts within the CFS organization