North Chicago, IL
5 days ago
Finance Lead - Transparency Reporting

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.


Job Description

The Transparency Reporting Lead is responsible for performing comprehensive operational activities to support the company-wide Transparency Reporting program to meet its Federal and State Transparency reporting obligations.  The Transparency Lead primarily conducts complex analyses, detailed data reviews, monitoring, and reconciliation activities to ensure the accuracy and completeness of transparency data.  This position acts as a conduit between the Transparency Reporting solution and the business, facilitating the correction of errors by the business.  The candidate must be hands-on, detail oriented, and possess strong organization, communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The position may require candidate to create/update processes and related documentation, as needed.  Additionally, this position works closely with Transparency IT, Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC), TPVs, Clinical Payments, OUS affiliates, PWC and R&D Finance. 

Responsibilities

Ensures accuracy and completeness of all HCP/HCO transfer of value spend data gathered from internal and external source data systems.Conducts robust data analysis/validation and reconciliation of HCP spend data to ensure data integrity; determine trends and exceptions; identify and resolve issues; gather supporting documentation as needed.Supports the preparation of required federal and state payment reports including verifications and review of data.Provides status updates, data summaries, and escalation when applicable, to management.Defines audit plan and controls for transparency reporting program and perform / implement Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions.Recommends process improvements or other opportunities to streamline and improve overall processes/procedures.Prepares documentation in support of external and internal audits.Liaise with Business/Activity Owner (Clinical Science, Drug Development, Clinical Operations, Medical Affairs) and supporting functions (OEC, Procurement, Legal, IT, FP&A, Internal Controls) to ensure timely and satisfactory data collection, remediation/issue management, escalation and resolution is in place.Assists on all business support projects related to transparency reporting requirements.Achieves monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting deadlines with accurately reported data.Establishes and effectively manages timelines to ensure key tight reporting deadlines or project milestones are met on time and within budget. 
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required.5+ years of progressive experience in Accounting or Auditing role (prior Big 4 experience a plus).Prior Pharmaceutical industry experience required; basic understanding of clinical study costs and contracts.Advanced analytical and information gathering skills; ability to evaluate and synthesize extensive or diverse data sets.Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.  Demonstrated experience successfully managing competing priorities and proven track record of meeting established deadlines.Highly proficient in MS Office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint, and proven ability to quickly learn and utilize new systems/software.PowerBI experience highly desired. 
Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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