Senior Department Financial Specialist - Cybersecurity

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 97,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a Senior Department Financial Analyst to enable Information Security and Risk Management solutions through effective procurement and budget management.

This role partners with stakeholders, leadership, and cross-functional teams to drive financial planning, provisioning, and management of information security investments. Responsibilities include leading procurement processes, ensuring accurate data, managing budgets, and delivering executive-ready reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a business or financial field and 6 years’ experience; Master’s Degree with 5 years; PhD with 0 years.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and contracting/procurement support.
• Experience with budget management and forecasting for complex organizations.
• Experience with procurement processes to align with budget needs.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships across levels and with external partners.
• Ability to design financial reporting for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems and tools such as SAP.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong communication skills for executive audiences.
• Ability to influence and solve problems across functions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to understand business processes, plan strategically, and support procurement needs.
• Lead procurement processes with finance and procurement partners to streamline purchasing and budget tracking.
• Define processes to ensure accurate financial data across workbooks.
• Manage department budget and project spend with leaders and portfolio partners.
• Align project management with financial forecasting and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with corporate finance to drive forecasts and latest estimates.
• Develop leadership-level financial reporting for governance and transparency.
• Meet monthly with cross-functional partners to review projects and manage change orders.

Skills

Budget management

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in business or finance

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 96500
• Salary Max: 183500
• Workday Global Grade: 17
• Compensation: USD 96,500 - USD 183,500 - yearly

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 SeniorDepartment FinancialAnalystwillbe responsible forenabling Information Security and Risk Management(ISRM)solutionsdeliverythrough effective execution ofdepartmentalprocurementandbudget managementprocesses. This role will partner withkeystakeholders,leadership, and cross-functional teams to provide consulting, support, and direction in areas associated with the planning, procurement, provisioning, andfinancial managementof information security solutions.They areexpected tocollaborate withcolleaguesand stakeholdersto ensure financial targets are met, drive cost optimization opportunities, and contribute to the improvement of operational practices and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Partner withkeystakeholders to understand specific business processes andobjectives, supporting short and long-term strategic planning, solution discovery, andprocurement needs.
• Leadand refineprocurement processes in collaboration with finance,procurement partners,and other key stakeholders,ensuring purchasing activities flow cleanly and support budgetary tracking and reporting.
• Establish and define processes toensure financial data isaccurateacross workbooks.
• Managethe departmentalbudgetand projectspend,partnering closely withfunctionalleadersandportfolio managementpartners to ensureweaccurately plan andconsistently executeagainst financial targets.
• Collaborate withportfolioand projectmanagement partners toalign project managementprocessesto financial forecasting and reporting requirements.
• Partner withcorporatefinancetodriveoperational excellence and standards for monthlyand quarterlyforecastsandLBE’s (Latest Best Estimates).
• Developreporting forleadership and key stakeholderstoenable effectivefinancial governance andtransparent communications.
• Meetmonthlywith cross-functional partnersto reviewactive projectsand proactivelymanage change orders, renewaltimelines, andplanned expenditurestoensuremaximum transparency and alignmentand drive effectiveforecasting.
• Maintaincompliance with all applicable AbbVie Corporate (e.g., Finance,Purchasing, OEC, Legal),andIT departmentpolicies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree ina business or financial fieldand6years’ experienceOR Master's Degree and5years’ experienceOR PhD and0 years’ experience.
• Respectiveyears of demonstrated experience incorporatefinancialmanagementincluding budgeting, forecasting, andcontracting/procurement support.
• Provenexperience inbudgetmanagementand forecasting for complex, multi-faceted organizations.
• Experienceoperatingwithincomplex procurement processes to drive efficient purchasing and clear alignment with budgetary requirements.
• Proven ability toestablishand maintain high-quality relationships with all levels across the company and with external partners.
• Ability to design impactful financial reporting for both technical and non-technicalcustomersincluding executive audiences.
• Experience working with enterprise financial systems andtools such as SAP.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate and negotiate projects and priorities across functions and/or organizations, proven experience in situations of conflict resolution, problemsolving,and crisis management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly and concisely present financial information to a variety of audiences, includingexecutiveleadership and stakeholders.
• Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence without authority, and stronganalytical thinking skills are critical to success in this position.
• The ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, solve problems, scope financial requirements, and prioritize.
• Experiencemodernizing and automating departmental budget andfinancial managementprocesses.
• Understanding ofIT or Information Security concepts, terminology, and operations.
• Experience supportingbusiness orfinancial operations for an IT or Information Security department.
• Experience with technical writing and process documentation.
• Experience working withglobally distributedstakeholders and customers.

Additional Information

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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this roleat thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified in thefuture.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

This job is eligible toparticipate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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.

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