at AbbVie in North Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
The Finance Lead position assists with financial planning and analysis, as well as actuals processes for the R&D HQ team. The responsibility encompasses $500MM annual expense and supports the Assistant Controller, R&D, and the Director, R&D FP&A. This position also works closely with R&D functional Finance Directors and the R&D Actuals team. The position develops financial planning and analytical skills, and the individual will engage regularly with leadership team members. The Finance Lead will work closely to provide support for financial planning cycles, as well as specific initiatives across the R&D finance team.
Key Responsibilities Include:
+ Leads and develops the annual Plan, LRP and LBEs, including P&L and headcount for R&D HQ for senior management review
+ Operates independently to prepare schedules and relevant analysis for each planning cycle and develops clear support for management review
+ Completes the monthly close process and financial reporting to ensure complete, accurate and timely monthly actual results, including variance commentary for P&L, headcount for the R&D HQ budget. Understands monthly results and communicates issues vs. benchmark to businesses to agree on resolution or action plan
+ Provides management with clear insights into drivers of business and financial performance and risk; assesses business/market opportunities and informs/recommends prioritization decisions
+ Assists with the overall R&D LBE, Plan and LRP and works closely with the R&D Finance Directors
+ Leads financial reviews and approvals (purchase orders requests and invoices)
+ Leads ad hoc analysis, projects and process improvements as needed
+ Ability to work independently and adjust priorities to achieve accurate and timely results
Qualifications
+ Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus.
+ Minimum 6+ years of progressive and related experience.
+ Strong financial, analytical and problem solving skills.
+ Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
+ Proficient Excel skills required.
+ Knowledge of SAP, BPC, Workiva, and PowerBI a plus.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ?
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+ 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. ?
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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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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. US & Puerto Rico only – to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
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