Director, SAC Reporting & Analytics CoE

AbbVie Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a Director to lead the enterprise SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Reporting & Analytics COE, maximizing business value of SAC implementations across units. The role sets strategy, governance, standards and operating models for reporting, analytics, visualization, user enablement, quality assurance and continuous improvement.

With 3 direct and 6 indirect reports, the director will build sustainable organizational capabilities, document standards, training programs and knowledge assets to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or CS preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in Finance, IT, or related fields.
• Deep understanding of SAP Analytics Cloud or enterprise planning platforms.
• Experience leading enterprise governance and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong background in reporting strategy, business processes and analytics.
• Proven leadership in change management and user adoption.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise leadership for reporting, analytics and visualization capabilities in SAC.
• Define the enterprise vision and roadmap for reporting and analytics in SAC.
• Establish dashboard design and visualization standards.
• Develop reporting governance, KPI definitions and reporting best practices.
• Drive consistency across business units.
• Identify opportunities to improve executive reporting and decision support.
• Partner with Finance leadership to align reporting strategy with business objectives.
• Build enterprise capabilities for SAC implementation and operational excellence.
• Develop reusable implementation methodologies and playbooks.
• Capture lessons learned for future deployments.
• Build scalable governance and support models for future business units.
• Promote continuous improvement across all SAC capabilities.
• Define enterprise testing methodology.
• Establish regression testing framework.
• Standardize defect management and root cause analysis.
• Continuously improve testing effectiveness.
• Define enterprise documentation standards.
• Develop implementation guides and operational playbooks.
• Establish centralized knowledge repository.
• Standardized process documentation.
• Build reusable templates and reference materials.
• Define enterprise learning strategy.
• Develop onboarding programs.
• Build role-based learning curriculum.
• Establish training standards and certification pathways.
• Create self-service learning resources.
• Measure adoption and capability development.
• Establish governance forums.
• Define COE operating model.
• Establish enterprise standards and best practices.
• Monitor solution performance and adoption.
• Identify opportunities for simplification and automation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Measure COE effectiveness through KPIs.
• Partner with Finance leadership
• to understand evolving business needs.
• Influence enterprise reporting and planning strategy.
• Support future business unit implementations.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Reporting strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/CS

Tools

SAP Analytics Cloud

Enterprise planning platforms

Job description

AbbVie seeks a Director to lead the enterprise SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Reporting & Analytics COE, maximizing business value of SAC implementations across units. The role sets strategy, governance, standards and operating models for reporting, analytics, visualization, user enablement, quality assurance and continuous improvement.

With 3 direct and 6 indirect reports, the director will build sustainable organizational capabilities, document standards, training programs and knowledge assets to