Finance Manager, Planning Systems - AbbVie
North Chicago, IL
About the Job
We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio
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Job Description The Finance Manager, Planning Systems oversees the financial planning and analysis processes and requirements across businesses supported
Provides financial guidance in compliance with financial policies, prepares analysis and provides business decision support and leads key projects and initiatives to improve financial processes
The Finance Manager interacts with all levels of finance and business management
Responsibilities + Support finance planning teams to facilitate continuous improvement efforts towards the planning, forecasting and long-range plan
+ Participate in ongoing development projects with requirements gathering, technical design, development, reconciliation, system testing, User acceptance testing, and cutover to Production
+ Requires strong understanding of the financial planning and consolidation process as well as requirements for management reporting
+ Continuously and proactively improve the environment to enrich experience by contributing to training documentation and support for end users
+ Develop, maintain, and improve documentation on key business processes and procedures in compliance with Internal control policies
+ Support automation of processes with current and future application flows
Send downstream system monthly corporate adjustment files for tie to final monthly, quarterly consolidation
+ Support of SAP BPC planning, including sourcing actuals, reconciling and data analytics
+ Test technical patches, upgrades, and system/application migrations
+ Support financial planning activities including understanding of Employee FTE and Contractor reporting and R&D processes to track Internal and External projects as well as IP Allocation processes
+ Ability to understand the needs of the various business teams to appropriately plan for growth and change
+ Excellent problem-solving skills, including innovative and creative solutions
+ Ability to work independently and be goal oriented, as well as work as part of a team
Qualifications + Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
+ Minimum 7+ years of progressive and related experience
+ Strong Analytical and technical skills to continuously improve processes
+ Understanding of Finance with strong knowledge in planning, forecasting, accounting close process
+ Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with ability to communicate and collaborate with all levels
+ Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines
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 short-term incentive programs
+ 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 employee 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
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion
It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status
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