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 Finance Manager oversees the financial planning and analysis for AbbVie's R&D External Portfolio, managing $2 billion in expenses. This role ensures compliance with financial policies, prepares required deliverables for R&D HQ FP&A, and drives process improvements using tools such as BPC, Workiva, and Power BI. Key responsibilities include leading financial cycles like Flash, LBEs, Plans, and LRPs, while collaborating with stakeholders to provide strategic financial guidance and enhance decision-making. This role requires expertise in financial management, process optimization, and effective communication.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Responsible for the consolidation/reporting for Total R&D External Portfolio expense totaling $2 Billion for LBEs/Plan/LRP/Flash/ Monthly executive R&D Leadership Heatmap.
Responsible for managing the R&D Externals Power BI Dashboard used by 100+ active users. Which includes building new visuals to help drive more effective analytics and insights.
Business Partnering with R&D Business including (PPM, Portfolio Insights, CDIT, and ACPRU).
Oversees the R&D finance external calendar to maintain timely monthly deliverables.
Oversees the month end Ross Accounting process and Sox Controls Compliance for R&D.
Work cross functionally to gather information on Clinical Studies both to ensure the accuracy of the data and understand variance causals for the various cycles.
Supports ad hoc analysis and projects as assigned.
Problem Solving:
Strong organizational, systems, analytical, problem solving, planning and decision-making skills. Be detail-oriented, thorough, and accountable for work product prepared and presented.
Ability to look at processes, identify improvements and work cross-functionally to implement such improvements.
The ability to manage and coordinate multiple activities and shifting priorities under tight timeframes.
A highly motivated self-starter who can translate broad directions into high quality analytical output.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus.
Minimum 7+ years of progressive and related experience.
Strong financial, analytical and problem solving skills.
Self-starter with ability to operate independently, drive processes, identify and implement process improvements, establish, and adjust priorities to achieve objectives and operate with speed and agility.
Strong communication skills (verbal and written), with all levels of management and including the ability to listen well and to influence others that do not report directly.
Proficient Excel skills.
Strong system skills and willingness to learn new systems (e g. SAP, BPC, Workiva, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Query)
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.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-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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