Director, US Neuroscience FP&A

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 primary objective of this position is to provide financial leadership and business support for US Neuroscience Business Unit. Specifically, this position is responsible for all consolidated financial planning and reporting, internal controls, Neuroscience Pipeline financial planning consolidation activities and P&L management, and project management. In addition, this position provides strategic business partnership to the BU Capabilities and Commercial VP.

Core Responsibilities

1. Financial Reporting and Internal Control :
   • Lead the monthly, quarterly and annual close / reporting processes within Neuroscience BU, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of monthly financial results in accordance with GAAP and reporting requirements from US DHQ.
   • Develop/Improve effective reporting to monitor performance, ensure proper commentary and support leadership on the development of contingency plans as necessary to deliver results. Development the right the dashboards to automatize the month end analysis.
   • Support the US Finance Neuroscience Controller to ensure the right level of internal and Sox controls, with the right documentation, including contingencies consideration, as well as ensuring compliance with AbbVie financial policies.
2. Financial Planning and Analysis :
   • Proactively lead the planning processes [Plan, LBE and LRP] ensuring accurate and timely integration of sales forecast, pricing and investment resourcing, ensuring senior management input to meet overall DHQ deadlines and deliverables.
   • Coordinate, across the different brands, the timelines, requirements, targets and financial presentations, as per requirements.
   • Support the US Finance Neuroscience Controller on the BU story telling. And ensure financial planning and reporting deliverables are accurate, clear and concise for Executive level review and approval.
3. Coordination of Neuroscience Pipeline financial planning:
   • Lead the Neuroscience Pipeline financial planning cycles [Plan and LRP] ensuring accurate and timely integration of sales forecast (from PCS team), pricing and investment resourcing, ensuring senior management input to meet overall DHQ deadlines and deliverables.
   • Ensure the right level of resourcing for the pipeline assets, to anticipate a successful launch of the new assets.
4. Strategic Business Partnership:
   • Lead the interactions with US DHQ team, as well as lead the FP&A process within the US Neuroscience team.
   • Be a strategic partner to US Neuroscience Commercial VP and Director BU Capabilities, providing clear support in terms of budget management.
   • Decision Support / Special Projects -- Provide analyses for ad hoc or other business presentations that lend insight into key business drivers enabling senior management to adapt more appropriate tactics / strategy to meet both short and long term objectives.
   • Lead special projects in alignment with the US BU Finance Controller.
5. Team Leader: Effectively lead and develop the US Neuroscience Finance Consolidation and PCS FP&A team.

Reports To:

• US Neuroscience Finance Controller
• Effectively manage matrix relationships with US DHQ, GCF, Corporate, FSS, US Neuroscience Commercial Leadership (OBULT), IMCO, PCS, etc.

Qualifications

• 10 years minimum finance experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in leading and motivating a team in a dynamic business environment to successfully achieve results and on-time deliverables  
• Ability to solve business problems through the proactive identification of issues and subsequent collection, analysis, and interpretation of related data
• Experience supporting senior operating management, with executive presence and ability to challenge the status quo while building relationships
• Experience working independently as well as team environments and integrating activities across multiple functions / divisions

Preferred:

• MBA in Accounting or Finance and / or CPA
• US Commercial experience and knowledge of the financial planning process
• Solid understanding of automated accounting systems such as SAP, BPC, PowerBI

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.

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. 

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