Senior Analyst, Compliance

AbbVie; Illinois; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Short-term incentives

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a Senior Analyst for the Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) to lead project execution of strategic initiatives globally from the North Chicago area. You will coordinate risk assessment data, drive governance, and craft materials to support the OEC program.

You will collaborate across teams to ensure timely, accurate deliverables and improved risk management. The role requires five years of relevant experience, strong communication, and a proactive, data‑driven mindset.

Qualifications

• B.A./B.S. degree required. CPA, Master’s, JD, or equivalent work experience preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with, or exposure to, business functions such as compliance, legal, audit, finance, and regulatory affairs.
• Builds strong relationships with colleagues, peers and cross functional partners outside of team to enable higher performance.
• Leadership, organization, analytical, project management and team‑building skills.
• Can work independently with a high level of initiative. Learns fast, grasps the essence, and can change course quickly where required.
• Highly organized, with excellent oral and written communication skills, technical skills, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Attention to proofreading and editing skills, strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Change agile – ability to be flexible and adjust strategy based on the evolving business.
• Inquisitive and open minded – Ability to learn, understand and guide without bias in order to bring the best solution or alternatives that supports an efficient and effective Compliance program.
• Enterprise mindset that proactively seeks to ideate and improve upon operational process by leveraging continued advancements in data, analytics, and AI‑related tools, and as the business and our OEC teams evolve.
• Strong ability to synthesize information and use expertise and judgment to evaluate what needs to be communicated based on objectives and audiences.

Responsibilities

• Partners effectively with all levels of OEC to assess and identify support needs, provide support, advocate for escalation, and support continued momentum using available communication channels.
• Creates, manages and executes project plans as well as develops related project materials necessary to execute on our OEC operational excellence framework and key strategic projects, revising, as appropriate, to meet changing needs.
• Supports the global risk assessment process, including collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing relevant qualitative and quantitative data points from cross functional stakeholders and leadership to inform the global OEC risk landscape; summarizes and updates the risk assessment results, as necessary.
• Collaborates across all OEC teams and other relevant functions to regularly identify and understand on‑going, evolving, and emerging OEC‑related risks; supports ongoing training, communication, and engagement with the global OEC team to drive clarity, consistency, and rigor in the assessment process, and to drive engagement and ownership at all levels.
• Supports the collection, oversight and integrity of master data/information that enables global risk assessment, including the governance of the OEC Risk Register, user profile, and other relevant data sources.
• Identifies, delivers, and presents OEC‑related risks and issues to management with proactive recommendations on addressing and mitigating the issues.
• Plans for and coordinates change management activities needed to embed project outcomes.
• Supports innovation and drives efficiencies and consistency in our approach to OEC risk management, analytics and operational excellence.
• Supports activities related to the operations and sustainability of the US Risk Governance model and future opportunities for global risk governance harmonization.
• Leads the management of OEC resources (e.g., Prezentium, benchmarking), such as budget, PO, users, coordinating responses and reporting final deliverables, coordinating educational materials and project management resources and other tools.
• Establishes teams around critical projects, motivates action at all levels, successfully encourages and leads teams to a specified goal, and uses compliance knowledge to translate and document meetings, and support project materials and outcomes.
• Participates in and leads cross‑functional OEC projects.
• Assists with the preparation of department presentations and training materials.
• Assists with remediation of compliance audits, works with the Compliance Directors and business partners to ensure timely completion, and functions as a liaison between OEC and Internal Audit.
• Possesses solid working knowledge of AbbVie’s business, the current compliance environment, and the broader business impact.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.A./B.S. degree

CPA

Master’s

JD

Tools

Prezentium

Job description

Purpose

The Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) Strategic Execution and Initiatives Senior Analyst will be responsible for project management and execution of strategic initiatives advancing the global OEC program, including assessing OEC support needs, planning and executing risk-directed projects, crafting project plans, stakeholder engagement, communications/training, risk-focused information sharing, and supporting the creation and finalization of critical compliance reporting materials such as Risk Assessment to support execution of identified projects; capturing OEC accomplishments and socializing for awareness against Strategic Initiatives, Powering What’s Next and other OEC or AbbVie priorities; leading the management of OEC resources (e.g., Prezentium, benchmarking).

Responsibilities

• Partners effectively with all levels of OEC to assess and identify support needs, provide support, advocate for escalation, and support continued momentum using available communication channels.
• Creates, manages and executes project plans as well as develops related project materials (e.g., presentations, draft deliverables, implementation plans, etc.) necessary to execute on our OEC operational excellence framework and key strategic projects, revising, as appropriate, to meet changing needs.
• Supports the global risk assessment process, including collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing relevant qualitative and quantitative data points from cross functional stakeholders and leadership to inform the global OEC risk landscape; summarizes and updates the risk assessment results, as necessary.
• Collaborates across all OEC teams and other relevant functions (e.g., Internal Audit) to regularly identify and understand on‑going, evolving, and emerging OEC‑related risks. Supports ongoing training, communication, and engagement with the global OEC team to drive clarity, consistency, and rigor in the assessment process, and to drive engagement and ownership at all levels.
• Supports the collection, oversight and integrity of master data/information that enables global risk assessment, including the governance of the OEC Risk Register, user profile, and other relevant data sources.
• Identifies, delivers, and presents OEC‑related risks and issues to management with proactive recommendations on addressing and mitigating the issues. Plans for and coordinates change management activities needed to embed project outcomes.
• Supports innovation and drives efficiencies and consistency in our approach to OEC risk management, analytics and operational excellence.
• Supports activities related to the operations and sustainability of the US Risk Governance model and future opportunities for global risk governance harmonization.
• Leads the management of OEC resources (e.g., Prezentium, benchmarking), such as budget, PO, users, coordinating responses and reporting final deliverables, coordinating educational materials and project management resources and other tools.
• Establishes teams around critical projects, motivates action at all levels, successfully encourages and leads teams to a specified goal, and uses compliance knowledge to translate and document meetings, and support project materials and outcomes.
• Participates in and leads cross‑functional OEC projects.
• Assists with the preparation of department presentations and training materials.
• Assists with remediation of compliance audits, works with the Compliance Directors and business partners to ensure timely completion, and functions as a liaison between OEC and Internal Audit.
• Possesses solid working knowledge of AbbVie’s business, the current compliance environment, and the broader business impact.

Qualifications

• B.A./B.S. degree required. CPA, Master’s, JD, or equivalent work experience preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with, or exposure to, business functions such as compliance, legal, audit, finance, and regulatory affairs.
• Builds strong relationships with colleagues, peers and cross functional partners outside of team to enable higher performance.
• Leadership, organization, analytical, project management and team‑building skills.
• Can work independently with a high level of initiative. Learns fast, grasps the essence, and can change course quickly where required.
• Highly organized, with excellent oral and written communication skills, technical skills, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Attention to proofreading and editing skills, strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Change agile – ability to be flexible and adjust strategy based on the evolving business.
• Inquisitive and open minded – Ability to learn, understand and guide without bias in order to bring the best solution or alternatives that supports an efficient and effective Compliance program.
• Enterprise mindset that proactively seeks to ideate and improve upon operational process by leveraging continued advancements in data, analytics, and AI‑related tools, and as the business and our OEC teams evolve.
• Strong ability to synthesize information and use expertise and judgment to evaluate what needs to be communicated based on objectives and audiences.

Compensation & Benefits

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.
• 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 employer 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.

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