Associate Director, Global FP&A (COE)

AbbVie Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. seeks an Associate Director to lead the Global FP&A COE within Commercial Controllership, guiding a four-person team and driving standard procedures and automation across planning cycles.

The role emphasizes strong forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting, with a focus on enabling informed decisions through reliable finance insights across global commercial activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 12+ years of progressive FP&A, financial controllership, or commercial finance experience.
• Experience leading teams and driving standardization across processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global FP&A COE within Commercial Controllership and coach four staff.
• Standardize planning practices, templates, and reporting methodologies.
• Drive automation and AI initiatives using Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint and related tools.
• Oversee net sales, SG&A, and related planning deliverables with global consistency.
• Build and develop the FP&A team and partner with senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Management reporting

Verbal & written communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance

MBA

CPA

CMA

Tools

BPC

Power Apps

Power Automate

SharePoint

Wdesk

Job description

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

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 orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes 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 less than 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 form ofcompensation 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.

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