Director, Finance Transformation

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a Director, Finance Transformation to lead enterprise-wide transformation programs across finance. You will partner with executive leadership to set vision, blueprint workstreams, and drive cross-functional initiatives with governance and measurable impact.

You will mentor program managers, manage risks, and deliver dashboards and reporting to the Transformation Steering Committee and executives. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience.
• Strong financial acumen with familiarity with financial systems and processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience interacting with senior leadership on strategic and confidential issues.
• Demonstrated project management of multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced analytical and process diagnostic skills with attention to detail.
• Comfortable with data, metrics, and dashboards to drive decisions.
• Conflict resolution in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and mentor program managers to create and maintain a transformation roadmap across workstreams.
• Set the vision and strategy for Finance Transformation programs across global organization.
• Identify, evaluate, prioritize, and manage program risks and dependencies.
• Raise risks and establish baseline plans with workstream leads and governance.
• Drive results within a matrixed environment with cross-functional teams.
• Enable and maintain governance for operating model transformation.
• Develop reporting to Transformation Steering Committee and executives.
• Communicate with executive sponsors and delivery teams.
• Assess performance of internal teams and external partners.
• Champion innovation, automation, and visualization tools; mentor talents.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Process improvement

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

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

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

Job Description

Purpose

The Director, Finance Transformation supports AbbVies enterprise-wide finance transformation strategy in partnership with executive leadership - setting the vision and roadmap for long-term organizational change. You will play a pivotal role in identifying, leading and delivering transformation programs (spanning People & Change, Process Change and Improvement and Technology Enablement programs across the global Finance organization). You will oversee projects spanning the full transformation lifecycle - from conducting enterprise value assessments and diligence, to blueprinting workstreams that align resources, and driving the execution of Finance and cross functional initiatives.

This role oversees major transformation programs, ensuring initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives and produce measurable business impact. You will be responsible for program governance and delivering best-in-class transformation management practices through leadership of cross-functional teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

Program Planning & Delivery Management

• Coordinate, mentor, and develop a group of program managers to create and maintain a coordinated transformation roadmap, including scope, achievements, critical path, and interdependencies across workstreams.
• Work with business leaders to set the vision and strategy for Finance Transformation programs (spanning People & Change, Process Change and Improvement and Technology Enablement programs across the global Finance organization), aligning initiatives with enterprise goals.
• Support the identification, evaluation, prioritization, and reduction of program risks and dependencies, ensuring that regulatory, compliance, and operational risks are addressed in all program activities.
• Raise critical risks and recommended solutions, and work with workstream leads to establish baseline plans, track progress, and apply corrective actions when delivery risks arise.
• Accountable for driving results within a matrixed environment, including functional, cross-functional, and global teams.

Program Governance & Control

• Enable and maintain the governance framework for the operating model transformation, including steering committees, program approvals and build workshops.
• Ensure decisions, actions, and dependencies are detailed, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Develop, implement, and rigorously monitor key processes and metrics to deliver actionable reporting to the Transformation Steering Committee(s), Executive Leadership Team, and other management groups.

Collaboration & Communication

• Cultivate positive relationships with business leaders, key collaborators, and cross-functional partners to ensure agreement and engagement in transformation roadmap.
• Develop and complete a clear communication and reporting strategy tailored to executive sponsors, business leaders, and delivery teams.
• Produce high-quality program reporting (e.g., dashboards, status reports, executive packs) that provide clear insight into progress, risks, and decisions needed.
• Regularly assess the performance of internal teams and external partners, taking accountability for swiftly identifying issues and driving appropriate escalation and resolution.

Change Enablement & Continuous Improvement

• Design, implement, and oversee training initiatives for new processes in conjunction with internal teams (including Change & Enablement), frameworks, and tools, ensuring team members are fully equipped for operational success.
• Help define and monitor adoption and readiness metrics (e.g., training completion, process adherence, stabilization targets).
• Coordinate pilots, phased rollouts, and postimplementation reviews, incorporating lessons learned into future releases.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement by adopting leading practices, emerging technologies, automation, and visualization tools.
• Mentor and develop talent across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive leadership experience.
• Strong financial acumen and familiarity with financial systems and processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence individuals significantly senior to self.
• Experience interacting independently with senior leadership on strategic, tactical and confidential issues that have both immediate and long-term business impacts.
• Demonstrated project management ability of multiple simultaneous projects with many moving pieces.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment, adaptable to last-minute changes in requirements or priorities.
• Advanced analytical and process diagnostic skills and the ability to get into the details, while also understanding and driving the full team to achieve results in line with the big picture objectives.
• Comfortable with data, metrics, and dashboards to drive decisions.
• Conflict resolution capabilities, particularly in finding common ground for win/win solutions in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to deliver feedback, recognize strong performance and also recognize when corrective action would benefit individual and group performance.

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 Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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