Accountant

AbbVie; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) plan

Short-term incentive

Job summary

AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, seeks an Accountant to perform recurring close and balance sheet support within the FSS Record-to-Report Operations organization. The role requires strong accounting fundamentals, disciplined execution, and close partnership with Commercial Finance and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities include journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close activities, ensuring accuracy, proper approvals, and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least five (5) years of experience supporting the month-end close, including journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Working knowledge of GAAP and core accounting principles.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines during the close cycle.
• High attention to detail, with a consistent focus on accuracy, completeness, and documentation quality.
• Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively with cross-functional finance partners.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries for US Therapeutics, Global Commercial, and other assigned Commercial Finance activities, with complete and clear supporting documentation.
• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations and investigate reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Support month-end close activities, including recurring entries, accruals, reclasses, allocations, prepaid expense activity, and other assigned close requirements.
• Validate that journal entries and reconciliations are accurate, properly approved, and completed in accordance with the close calendar.
• Apply GAAP and company accounting policies when preparing entries and resolving accounting questions.
• Maintain audit-ready support and respond to reviewer, internal control, and audit requests.
• Partner with Commercial Finance, FSS colleagues, and process owners to resolve issues and streamline processes.
• Support transitioned close activities and help document procedures to ensure consistent and sustainable execution.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and automate recurring accounting work.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Month-end close

Journal entries

Account reconciliations

Cross-functional collaboration

Close process improvements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP HANA

Blackline

Microsoft Excel

Job 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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

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

Job Description

The Accountant will perform recurring close and balance sheet support within the FSS Record-to-Report Operations organization. The role requires strong accounting fundamentals, disciplined execution, and close partnership with Commercial Finance and other stakeholders. The individual will follow U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), company policies, established close procedures, and applicable internal controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries for U.S. Therapeutics, Global Commercial, and other assigned Commercial Finance activities, with complete and clear supporting documentation.
• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations and investigate reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Support month-end close activities, including recurring entries, accruals, reclasses, allocations, prepaid expense activity, and other assigned close requirements.
• Validate that journal entries and reconciliations are accurate, properly approved, and completed in accordance with the close calendar.
• Apply GAAP and company accounting policies when preparing entries and resolving accounting questions.
• Maintain audit-ready support and respond to reviewer, internal control, and audit requests.
• Partner with Commercial Finance, FSS colleagues, and process owners to resolve issues and streamline processes.
• Support transitioned close activities and help document procedures to ensure consistent and sustainable execution.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and automate recurring accounting work.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least five (5) years of experience supporting the month-end close, including journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Working knowledge of GAAP and core accounting principles.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines during the close cycle.
• High attention to detail, with a consistent focus on accuracy, completeness, and documentation quality.
• Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively with cross-functional finance partners.

Preferred Capabilities

• Experience in a shared services or Record-to-Report environment.
• Experience with SAP HANA, Blackline, and Microsoft Excel.
• Understanding of internal controls, segregation of duties, and audit support expectations.
• Continuous-improvement mindset with interest in process standardization and automation.
• Commercial Acumen: Exposure to or understanding of commercial pharmaceutical or life sciences business operations — including Therapeutics, Aesthetics, or Oncology segments — is highly desirable.

Additional Information

• 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.

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 is 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.

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