The primary objective of this position is to provide financial leadership for the Month end, Plan, LBE, LRP planning and DSO / Balance Sheet processes. The position will be responsible for providing financial analysis, recommendations and decision-making support. This position is responsible for developing and implementing processes and procedures to facilitate accurate and timely consolidations of planning processes. .

Responsibilities

Lead the Planning/Actual process that ensures an accurate and timely integration of forecasting/sales, pricing, product marketing, market research and senior financial management level inputs to meet overall division/corporate calendar deadlines and quality submission
The position has responsibility for preparing and presenting accurate and complete Planning information to the Executive Staff and Corporate Planning Groups
Provide recommendations to Sr. Management on planning key assumptions and analysis to explain variances as well as business trends. This position will require a large amount of interface across senior management within the group and multiple functions including areas/affiliates
Play a key role in SAC go live (including UAT) and ensure all reports / dashboards are completely and accurately transferred over from Longview to SAC
Staff Development - Responsible for delegating to and coaching staff to ensure an optimal level of support for the businesses supported. Additionally, will provide coaching and career development opportunities to sustain a high performing staff
Additionally, the position will interface with multiple functions within and outside the Business Unit such as Operations, R&D, Corporate Planning and other Corporate Groups. Individual is expected to successfully perform responsibilities with a high degree of self-motivation and autonomy
Acts as a trusted advisor who effectively challenges business partners on their performance and suggests possible solutions to performance issues
Proactively leads Finance Transformation / Lighthouse initiatives to deliver on company-wide objectives to achieve simplification and efficiency while improving quality of deliverables

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree Required in Accounting or Finance
Preferred: MBA in Accounting or Finance and/or CPA/CMA
Preferred: Multi-division experience and knowledge of the financial planning systems (Longview and BPC) and process
Requires 7-10 years progressive accounting or finance experience
Ability and desire to proactively search out and evaluate business problems and opportunities
Capability to direct efforts to achieve answers and results
Ability to solve business problems through the proactive identification of issues and subsequent collection, analysis and interpretation of related data
Demonstrated problem solving and analysis within a broad framework of AbbVie’s financial policies (CFMs), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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 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.

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