Pharma FP&A Finance Manager — Forecasting & Controls

PowerToFly; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a Finance Manager, Etenta to drive SG&A forecasting, OPEX planning, and monthly close for the Etenta franchise (Multiple Myeloma). You will partner with Marketing, Market Analytics, and Pricing to align forecasts with market views, while owning volume projections and commentary for P&L performance.

The role requires strong Excel modeling, GAAP knowledge, and cross-functional collaboration to support launch investments and budgeting processes across Plan, Update, LBE, and LRP cycles.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Analytics, or Mathematics/Statistics.
• Minimum of five years of progressive experience across FP&A, financial planning, controllership, and/or forecasting.
• Demonstrated ownership of an SG&A or OPEX budget, including the planning cycles (Plan, LBE, LRP) and headcount management.
• Working knowledge of GAAP close processes and internal controls (including SOX), with experience supporting financial-statement accuracy.
• Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, with the interpersonal skill to work effectively with all levels of management.
• Ability to triangulate a wide variety of data sets and analytics (market research, competitive events, prescriptions, epidemiology) to inform forecasts and assess financial impacts.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling; PowerPoint skills.
• CPA and/or MBA (preferred).
• Previous pharmaceutical, oncology, and/or forecasting experience.
• SAP, SAP BPC, EDW, Hyperion/Smartview, and Power BI (or equivalent visualization tooling).

Responsibilities

• Own the SG&A forecasting build for Plan, Update, LBE, and LRP — with sound assumptions, clear communication of drivers, and executive-ready deliverables.
• Own OPEX and headcount management, partnering with business stakeholders to monitor spend against approved budget targets and to flag risks and opportunities through the year.
• Support, and progressively assume ownership of, the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and reporting for SG&A and revenue, in accordance with GAAP and internal reporting requirements.
• Maintain the Etenta internal-control environment, including SOX requirements, building toward independent ownership with Finance Director guidance; support the accuracy of the Etenta financial statements.
• Build and own Etenta SG&A reporting and dashboards to improve transparency of spend across the franchise, with clear and concise variance commentary.
• Partner with the Etenta commercial team on investment trade-offs and marketing-mix decisions, ensuring launch investments are sufficiently funded and tracked against the approved budget.
• Support the Associate Director, Etenta Volume Forecasting in developing accurate product volume and sales projections for Plan, Update, LBE, LRP, Portfolio, and Actual submissions, including market and competitive-landscape inputs.
• Own the month-end price, volume/demand, and pipeline analyses and the associated close commentary, communicating key drivers of performance for the Etenta P&L.
• Triangulate data sets to inform forecast assumptions and assess financial impact.
• Provide ad-hoc analytical support across launch, new-indication, and channel/product-mix scenarios, and represent Etenta finance with Marketing, Market Analytics and Business Insight, and Pricing to keep forecast assumptions aligned to the latest market view.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Education

BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Analytics, or Mathematics/Statistics

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

SAP BPC

EDW

Hyperion/Smartview

Power BI

Job description

AbbVie seeks a Finance Manager, Etenta to drive SG&A forecasting, OPEX planning, and monthly close for the Etenta franchise (Multiple Myeloma). You will partner with Marketing, Market Analytics, and Pricing to align forecasts with market views, while owning volume projections and commentary for P&L performance.

The role requires strong Excel modeling, GAAP knowledge, and cross-functional collaboration to support launch investments and budgeting processes across Plan, Update, LBE, and LRP cycles.