Associate Director, R&D Portfolio FP&A

Biopharma Careers; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a senior financial planning and analysis professional to lead Externals and Portfolio FP&A in R&D. You will drive Power BI dashboards, support governance and budget cycles, and partner with Finance Directors to ensure accurate financials and timelines.

The role reports to the Assistant Controller, R&D FP&A and involves cross-functional interaction with multiple levels of finance and business management in a dynamic pharmaceutical setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA or MBA is a plus.
• 7–10 years of progressive finance experience, preferably in pharma.
• Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills; capable of independent work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across management levels.
• Proficient with systems like Workiva and Power BI; knowledge of SAP/BPC helpful.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Externals spend planning, budgeting, and long-range planning with finance teams.
• Design and manage R&D Externals/Portfolio dashboards in Power BI.
• Support monthly portfolio reviews and quarterly prioritization with data reconciliation.
• Prepare executive financial materials to enable informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with finance directors to align externals/portfolio with dollars and timelines.
• Coordinate governance funding requests and AMP/BPC integration.
• Provide variance analysis and create reporting schedules for governance and PRF.
• Lead process improvements in governance, PRF, QPP, LBE and LRP.
• Manage the Externals calendar and finance deliverables; document processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Power BI

SAP

BPC

Workiva

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

CPA or MBA preferred

Tools

Power BI

SAP

BPC

Workiva

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

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

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