Global Inventory Finance Director

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits package

Excellent 401(k) plan and retirement

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Finance Director for Brand Management & Inventory Governance to lead global inventory planning, governance, and financial stewardship. You will partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Commercial, and HQ Finance to drive risk management and actionable insights for senior leadership.

The role emphasizes end-to-end inventory governance, cost management, and modernization of Finance processes, including Power BI-based analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive Finance leadership experience across supply chain, operations, manufacturing, or related functions.
• Broad Finance leadership experience across Supply Chain/Operations Finance, FP&A, Manufacturing Finance, Commercial/Brand Finance or Accounting.
• Strong planning and forecasting experience including Plan, LBE/Update, LRP and scenario analysis.
• Strong understanding of inventory, balance-sheet management, financial controls and financial-risk management.
• Ability to understand and challenge demand, supply and inventory assumptions and translate them into financial implications.
• Strong cross-functional business partnering and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to communicate complex financial and operational topics clearly and concisely to senior management.
• Inventory forecasting, reserves/E&O, costing and SAP/Power BI experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead global inventory financial planning across Plan, LBE and LRP, translating demand, supply and production assumptions into financial inventory projections.
• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain Brand Teams to challenge inventory assumptions and assess financial implications of demand changes, supply strategies, product launches and other business decisions.
• Provide senior management with clear insights on inventory performance, outlook, key drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Provide oversight of global inventory reporting, balance-sheet integrity, valuation and key inventory financial processes.
• Lead Finance oversight of inventory exposures, including reserves, distressed inventory, inventory at risk and unapproved/pre-launch inventory.
• Ensure significant inventory risks are identified, understood and reflected in financial plans and management reporting.
• Lead global inventory governance, including inventory policies and audit requirements.
• Drive consistent and sustainable inventory processes and provide Finance leadership on inventory accounting, governance and control matters.
• Provide Finance oversight of U.S. Distribution inventory activities, including financial reporting, inventory accounting, reserves, controls and financial exposure.
• Oversee key inventory valuation, product-costing and financial master-data considerations affecting inventory reporting and planning.
• Drive simplification, automation and modernization of inventory Finance processes, analytics and reporting, including Power BI and related Finance data solutions.
• Lead and develop the Inventory Finance organization across Inventory Analytics & Reporting, Inventory Governance & Controls, U.S. Distribution Finance and related activities.
• Represent Supply Chain Finance in senior-level and cross-functional discussions involving inventory strategy, planning, financial risk, governance, and transformation.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Communication to senior management

Financial analysis and forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a Finance Director for Brand Management & Inventory Governance to lead global inventory planning, governance, and financial stewardship. You will partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Commercial, and HQ Finance to drive risk management and actionable insights for senior leadership.

The role emphasizes end-to-end inventory governance, cost management, and modernization of Finance processes, including Power BI-based analytics.