Finance Lead, Systems Governance & Administration

Abbvie

United States

On-site

USD 110,000 - 170,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

401(k)
Paid time off
Medical/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Finance Lead, Systems Governance & Administration to own the SAC/BPC Admin Guide, maintain supporting documentation, and lead governance initiatives. You will partner with developers, finance teams, and business stakeholders to ensure accurate documentation reflects implemented functionality.

The role focuses on creating and updating administrative materials, training content, testing processes, and ensuring audit-ready documentation across planning cycles, including P&L and

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Finance, or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise planning solutions.
  • Excellent documentation and technical writing skills.
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain SAC/BPC Admin Guide and related documentation.
  • Coordinate knowledge transfer sessions with developers and SMEs.
  • Translate recordings and sessions into structured admin documentation.
  • Ensure documentation remains current, audit-ready, and aligned to production.
  • Manage version control, approvals, reviews, and archival workflows.
  • Maintain SharePoint repositories and governance materials.
  • Establish documentation standards, templates, and quality controls.

Skills

Strong documentation
Technical writing
Organizational skills
Analytical skills
Communication skills
Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

SharePoint
Excel
Word
PowerPoint
Teams

Job description

The Finance Lead, Systems Governance & Administration is responsible for maintaining the SAC & BPC Administrative Guide and documentation related to user training and reference tools. This role serves as a key liaison between developers, support teams, and business stakeholders to ensure all SAC changes are fully documented. The role will also support continuous improvement of administrative documentation, standard operating procedures, training materials, and testing processes.

Responsibilities
  • SAC/BPC Admin Guide Support
    • Own and maintain the enterprise SAC Administration Guide and supporting documentation.
    • Coordinate knowledge transfer sessions with developers and functional SMEs.
    • Translate technical recordings and knowledge transfer sessions into structured administrative documentation.
    • Ensure all administration documentation remains current, complete, audit-ready, and aligned to production functionality.
    • Manage document version control, approvals, review cycles, and archival processes.
    • Maintain SharePoint repositories, documentation trackers, and supporting governance materials.
    • Establish and enforce documentation standards, templates, and quality controls.
  • Compliance & Operational Support
    • Develop governance documentation, and operational procedures.
    • Ensure documentation supports operational continuity and knowledge management.
    • Partner with development teams to ensure technical documentation accurately reflects implemented functionality.
    • Leads and develops monthly, quarterly and annual Plan, LRP and LBEs as required, including P&L, headcount, balance sheet, expense and capital using planning system and incorporates review changes of both financial and operating management.
    • Operates independently to prepare relevant variance analysis for each planning cycle and develops meaningful management reporting schedules for direct areas supported.
    • Works directly with Accounting Shared Service contact on monthly close process and financial reporting to ensure complete, accurate and timely monthly actual results, including variance analysis and commentary for P&L, headcount and balance sheet. Understands monthly results and communicates issues vs. benchmark to businesses supported to agree on resolution or action plan.
    • Provides management with clear insights into drivers of business and financial performance and risk; assesses business/market opportunities and informs/recommends prioritization decisions.
    • Leads financial reviews and approvals (purchase order requests and invoices).
    • Leads ad hoc analysis, projects and process improvements as needed.
    • May have supervisory responsibility for one or more direct reports.
  • Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Finance, or related field.
    • 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise planning solutions.
    • Strong documentation and technical writing skills.
    • Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams.
    • Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
    • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) administration or support experience.
    • SAP BPC planning experience.
    • Knowledge of SOX, audit controls, and governance processes.
    • Experience developing training materials and conducting knowledge transfer sessions.
    • Familiarity with Finance planning processes such as Forecast, LBE, Plan, and LRP cycles.
Compensation

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.

Benefits

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 short-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.

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opport

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