Associate Director, R&D Finance - Portfolio Externals

AbbVie; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior FP&A professional to oversee the financial planning across R&D Externals and Portfolio views, delivering clear decision support through Power BI dashboards. You will partner with Finance Directors and management to ensure accurate governance funding and timely monthly deliverables.

Responsibilities include budgeting, LRP, LBEs, variance analysis, and developing management reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
• CPA or MBA is a plus.
• 7–10 years of progressive related experience.
• Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter who can operate independently and set priorities.
• Strong verbal and written communication with all management levels.
• Knowledge of SAP, BPC; willingness to learn Workiva/Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Externals spend planning monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Design and build Power BI visualizations for Externals, Portfolio, Internals, and consolidated R&D.
• Support PRF and QPP processes with baseline information.
• Prepare executive level financial materials and supporting detail.
• Collaborate with Finance Directors to ensure accurate reflections of dollars and timelines.
• Coordinate governance funding requests with AMP/BPC.
• Provide variance analysis and develop reporting schedules.
• Drive process improvements for governance, PRF, QPP, LBE and LRP.
• Manage Externals calendar for timely monthly deliverables.
• Document and update Externals finance processes.
• Support projects like Portfolio Prioritization visualization and currency optimization.
• Manage and coach direct and indirect reports.

Skills

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Self-starter

Problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

CPA

MBA

Tools

Power BI

SAP

BPC

Workiva

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,XandYouTube.

Purpose

The primary objective of this position is to oversee the financial planning and analysis processes and requirements across the R&D Externals and R&D Portfolio views (internals and externals). Prepares management analysis of actual vs. benchmark results, provides business decision support and leads key projects and initiatives to improve financial processes. This position leads the Externals, Portfolio, and consolidated R&D visualization efforts through Power BI dashboards. Prepares the financial cycle book content for the Externals and Portfolio views. This position reports directly to the Assistant Controller, R&D FP&A and interacts with all levels of finance and business management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee/manage Externals Spend monthly, quarterly and annual Plan, LRP and LBEs as required. Partners with finance teams to understand key/plus minus items.
• Oversee/manage/design/build the R&D visualization of Externals, Portfolio views, Internals and consolidated R&D in Power BI.
• Provides support for the monthly portfolio review forum (PRF) and quarterly portfolio prioritization (QPP) including providing and reconciling baseline information for internals and externals.
• Prepare executive level financial materials and underlying support to drive clear and consistent decision making by leaders across the R&D business.
• Collaborate with the Therapeutic Area & Functional Finance Directors to ensure externals and portfolio views are accurately reflecting the financial dollars and timelines.
• Understand Governance (EPG, LMG, DRC, QPP, PRF) funding requests and coordinate with functions to ensure approved items are dialed into AMP / BPC appropriately.
• Provides relevant variance analysis for each planning cycle and develops meaningful management reporting schedules and ensures accuracy and predictability of results and key metrics.
• Champions process improvements focusing on governance, PRF, QPP, LBE and LRP.
• Manages the R&D Finance Externals calendar to maintain timely monthly deliverables for governance, R&D and Finance.
• Documents and updates finance processes, specific to the Externals finance team.
• Supports key projects and initiatives (e.g, Portfolio Prioritization visualization, Foreign Currency Optimization, Power Bi/SAC strategy).
• Manage, coach and develop direct and indirect report by setting clear priorities in support of deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus.
• Minimum 7-10 years of progressive and related experience.
• Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with ability to operate independently, drive processes, identify and implement process improvements, establish, and adjust priorities to achieve objectives and operate with speed and agility.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written), with all levels of management and including the ability to listen well and to influence others that do not report directly.
• Strong system skills and willingness to learn new systems (e.g. Workiva, Power BI)
• Knowledge of SAP, BPC.

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 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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