Associate Director, Global FP&A (COE)

• Compensation: USD 141,500 - USD 268,500 - yearly

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Associate Director will lead the Global Financial Planning & Analysis Center of Excellence (FP&A COE) within Commercial Controllership, managing a team of four employees. The role advances consistent standards, processes, tools, and finance capabilities that enable timely, informed decisions across global commercial finance.

Responsibilities:

Lead the COE , team, and operating model

• Lead, coach, and develop four employees while setting priorities across the COE’s four pillars.
• Define preparation, review, approval, and decision responsibilities across Commercial Controllership and the LBE and Plan/LRP teams.
• Align priorities and resolve issues with planning, forecasting, SG&A, business-unit FP&A, shared services, procurement, and HR partners.

Standardize practices and advance technology

• Develop and drive adoption of standard procedures, planning guidance, reporting templates, mock books, and presentation standards.
• Oversee SG&A, headcount, net sales, and related reporting guidance and deliverables across all planning cycles while establishing consistent methodologies across global commercial.
• Lead automation and AI initiatives using tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and Wdesk.
• Maintain COE platforms and tools and promote adoption across the finance community.

Drive financial insight and business support

• Oversee COE deliverables for net sales, weekly trends, sales incentives, SG&A, distribution margin, and post-execution reclassifications.
• Ensure quality and accuracy of reconciliations, royalty true-ups, standard cost reconciliations, and planning data verification.
• Lead technical analyses, including exchange adjustments and industry fee calculations, with relevant finance partners.

Build the team and broader finance capability

• Lead quarterly FP&A forums and finance learning and development programs.
• Strengthen onboarding through consistent documentation and training on key FP&A topics.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or financial controllership, including team leadership.
• Strong financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop teams in a dynamic environment.
• Success standardizing finance processes across business units, regions, or functions.
• Experience delivering measurable process improvement or automation results.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, clarify accountability, and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to coach finance professionals and communicate complex financial information clearly.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or an equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience building or leading a finance COE or shared-services capability.
• Familiarity with BPC, Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, or Wdesk.
• Experience applying AI or automation to financial reporting, reconciliation, or analysis.
• Experience supporting global commercial finance teams through organizational or technology change.

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 Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or lessthan the posted range.This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other formofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.