Senior Business Systems Consultant, Financial Planning and Governance

AbbVie Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. in Chicago is seeking a Senior Business Systems Consultant to lead budget planning, governance, and Long-Range Planning.

The role partners with Delivery Leads and Finance to ensure accurate forecasts, clear reporting, and alignment with business priorities across the annual planning cycle. You will drive LBE processes, monitor performance against budgets, and oversee changes to the budget while ensuring data integrity and executive-ready insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with 8 years of experience; Master’s with 7 years; PhD with 3 years.
• Experience leading IT budget portfolios, forecasting, LBE, variance analysis, and long-range planning.
• Strong knowledge of PO, commitments, accruals, actuals, forecasts, and budget controls.
• Excellent communication and executive-level reporting skills.
• Experience with collaborating across Delivery Leads, Finance, Procurement and leadership.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual Budget Planning and Long-Range Planning (LRP) activities with timelines and stakeholder inputs.
• Coordinate monthly LBE processes, review results, and align forecast assumptions.
• Oversee expense accruals and reconcile to actuals and forecasts.
• Monitor budget vs forecast, identify variances, and drive corrective actions.
• Provide clear reporting of spend, commitments, risks, and opportunities to leadership.
• Oversee Post Execution activities and ensure alignment with approved budgets.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Analysis, Information Technology, Business

Master’s Degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Senior Business Systems Consultant, Financial Planning and Governance will report to the Business Technology Solutions (BTS) Operations and Finance, Associate Director - Financial Processes and Data Analytics. This role will lead budget planning and governance across the annual planning cycle, Long-Range Planning (LRP), Latest Best Estimate (LBE) processes, and ongoing financial operations. The incumbent will ensure budgets and forecasts are complete, accurate, aligned with business priorities, and supported by sound assumptions. The role will partner with Delivery Leads to monitor financial performance; and provide leadership with clear reporting on actual results, risks, and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual Budget Planning process and LRP activities by establishing timelines, coordinating stakeholder inputs, validating assumptions, facilitating reviews, and resolving gaps to deliver an accurate, complete, and supportable financial plan.
• Lead monthly and periodic LBE processes by coordinating submissions, reviewing actual results and purchase order activity, challenging forecast assumptions, and evaluating commitments, risks, and opportunities. Resolve inconsistencies across stakeholder inputs and ensure forecast updates are timely, accurate, and aligned.
• Own and coordinate the expense accrual process, partnering with Delivery Leads, Finance, Procurement, and other stakeholders to identify required accruals, validate supporting assumptions and timing, ensure timely submission, and reconcile accrued expenses to actuals and forecasts.
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identify material variances and emerging trends, and drive timely corrective actions or forecast adjustments.
• Prepare and present clear reporting of actual spend versus forecast, commitments, risks, opportunities, and outlook to leadership to support informed financial and operational decisions.
• Oversee Post Execution (Post Ex) activities, including financial review, funding alignment, tracking, reconciliation, and follow-through to ensure approved decisions are accurately reflected in the budget and forecast.
• Direct and oversee the Analyst responsible for processing budget change request approvals. Validate each request’s funding source, business rationale, and financial impact; provide clear disposition and processing direction; and ensure approved changes are accurately incorporated into the budget and forecast.
• Maintain end-to-end responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of budget data, including reconciliation among budget, forecast, actuals, purchase orders, commitments, and approved changes.
• Establish and maintain effective financial governance, controls, documentation, and operating routines for Budget Planning, LBE, change requests, and Post Ex activities in accordance with AbbVie applicable policies and procedures.
• Build strong working relationships across Delivery Leads, Finance, Procurement, BTS/BMO stakeholders, and leadership; communicate financial expectations, deadlines, issues, and decisions clearly and proactively.
• Work and collaborate with Key Stakeholder:Finance leadership; Delivery Leads; Procurement; Budget Analyst; BTS/BMO stakeholders; business technology leaders; cost center owners; project and portfolio teams; and leaders responsible for financial performance and investment decisions.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Analysis, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline with 8 years of experience; Master’s Degree with 7 years of experience; PhD with 3 years of experience.
• Respective years of experience in leading complex IT budget portfolios, forecasting, LBE, variance analysis, and long-range planning activities in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Strong knowledge of purchase orders, commitments, accruals, actuals, forecasts, budget change controls, and financial reconciliation practices.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to identify trends and root causes, assess financial impacts, and translate complex information into clear recommendations and executive-ready reporting.
• Experience partnering with Delivery Leads, Finance, Procurement, business teams, and senior leaders to align financial plans with operational priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated accountability for the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial data and reporting.
• Ability to establish governance, manage competing deadlines, resolve financial issues, and drive timely decisions with limited formal review.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and present financial information to leadership.
• Management or direct supervisory experience is desired, including the ability to coach, guide, and oversee team members responsible for financial planning, budget governance, or related operational activities.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and experience with financial planning, reporting, purchase order, portfolio, or enterprise financial systems.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated 10+ years’ experience leading complex IT budget portfolios, forecasting, LBE, variance analysis, and long-range planning activities in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Additional Information

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 long-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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