Associate Director, Immunology Forecasting & Strategic Finance

Allergan; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Associate Director of Finance for US Immunology Forecasting & Strategic Finance. This leader will drive consolidation, governance, and enhancement of Immunology revenue forecasts across brands, partnering with forecasting teams supporting Rinvoq, Skyrizi, Humira and future assets.

The role blends sales forecasting expertise with financial planning, requiring collaboration with Commercial Finance, Controllers, and senior leadership to standardize methodologies and deliver

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Operations or Marketing.
• Minimum of 10 years of analytics, forecasting, and/or FP&A experience.
• Strong Excel/PowerPoint and financial modeling skills.
• Ability to triangulate diverse data sets to inform forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Lead Immunology sales forecasting and consolidation for executive reviews.
• Develop and consolidate forecasts for portfolio, launches, and lifecycle planning.
• Apply advanced methods including patient-flow and epidemiology-based models.
• Analyze performance vs forecasts and highlight risks and opportunities.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to translate market trends into financial implications.
• Drive standardization, automation, and executive-ready analyses.
• Support strategic initiatives and ad hoc analyses for leadership.

Skills

Forecasting

Analytics

Financial planning & FP&A

Excel

PowerPoint

Cross-functional partnering

Communication

Patient-flow modeling

Epidemiology-based models

Data triangulation

Education

BS/BA in Analytics, Mathematics/Statistics, Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Operations, or Marketing

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling

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

Job Description

The Associate Director, Finance - US Immunology Forecasting & Strategic Finance will play a critical role within the US Immunology Consolidations team. Reporting to the Finance Director, US Immunology Sales Forecasting, this individual will serve as a key forecasting and finance leader responsible for supporting the consolidation, harmonization, governance, and continuous enhancement of Immunology revenue forecasts across all therapeutic areas and brands.

This position will support strategic and ad hoc initiatives across the Immunology organization, including portfolio assessments, launch readiness evaluations, forecasting transformation efforts, operational excellence projects, executive reporting, and cross-TA business analyses. The role offers significant visibility to senior commercial and finance leadership and requires the ability to influence decision-making across multiple functions and organizational levels.

In addition to the above, this role combines deep sales forecasting expertise with strong financial planning, analytical leadership, and cross-functional business partnering capabilities. The Associate Director will work closely with forecasting teams supporting RINVOQ, SKYRIZI, HUMIRA and future Immunology assets, helping ensure consistency of forecasting methodologies, assumptions, reporting standards, and business insights across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted finance, forecasting, and strategic planning partner to teams across Dermatology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, and future Immunology growth areas.

• Lead complex, high-visibility, cross-functional initiatives spanning Commercial, Finance, Market Access, Marketing, Operations, ABI/MABI, Demand Planning, and Business Development.

• Develop and consolidate Immunology sales forecasts for executive reviews, earnings preparation, corporate submissions, and strategic planning discussions.

• Serve as a forecasting subject matter expert, applying advanced methodologies such as patient-flow modeling, analogs, epidemiology-based models, regression techniques, and market analytics.

• Evaluate market events, competitive dynamics, reimbursement trends, prescribing patterns, and emerging commercial opportunities to inform forecast assumptions.

• Lead scenario planning, sensitivity analyses, and risk assessments to assess business performance, forecast uncertainty, and potential growth drivers.

• Support forecasting and financial analyses for product launches, lifecycle planning, indication expansions, pipeline transitions, portfolio assessments, and business development opportunities.

• Analyze actual performance relative to forecasts, identifying key business drivers, risks, trends, and opportunities for corrective action.

• Partner with Immunology Controllers, Commercial Finance, Commercial leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate market developments into financial implications and strategic recommendations.

• Lead high-priority ad hoc analyses and develop executive-ready presentations and decision-support materials for Immunology leadership.

• Drive operational excellence and strategic transformation by simplifying, standardizing, automating, and scaling forecasting and financial planning processes, tools, and capabilities.

• Champion knowledge sharing, best-practice adoption, AI and forecasting innovation, and analytical excellence while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, high-performing culture and influencing effectively across a matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Analytics, Mathematics/Statistics, Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Operations, or Marketing required.
• A minimum of 10 years of combined experience in analytics, forecasting, and/or financial planning and analysis is required.
• Must have strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, along with good interpersonal skills to effectively work with all levels of management.
• Ability to triangulate a wide variety of data sets and analytics (e.g. market research, competitive events, prescriptions, epidemiology, patient flow, etc.) to inform forecasting and financial impacts
• Agility to prioritize and quickly understand issues and assess data integrity is critical due to challenging deadlines.
• Strong Microsoft Excel/ PowerPoint and financial modelling skills are required.
• Ability to work independently and self-starter, supporting the business and forecasting leadership.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Previous pharmaceutical and forecasting experience is preferred.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills

Additional Information

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• 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 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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