Job Description

The primary responsibility of this position is to provide financial leadership and business support for US Specialty & Eye Care consolidation activities. The Associate Director interacts with all levels of the Finance and Commercial to consolidate US Specialty and Eyecare, contributing to the development of the necessary business analytics to support the decision-making process, as well as supporting all the Abb Vie planning and reporting processes. Further, this position is responsible for overseeing the pipeline forecasts and budgets for both Specialty & Eye Care.

Specifically, this position is responsible for financial planning and analysis related to Plan, LBE’s and LRP, decision-making support and recommendations to Specialty/Eyecare Leadership. In addition, this position is responsible for SG&A forecasting, monitorization and reporting for the VP Specialty Budget and PCS Assets.

This position will have two direct reports and will be responsible for their performance and development.

Major Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning
• Lead the consolidation processes Plan, UPD, LBE and LRP ensuring accurate and timely integration of sales forecast, pricing, and SG&A, ensuring management input to meet overall division/corporate calendar deadlines.
• Ensure financial planning deliverables are accurate, clear, and concise for Executive level review and approval.
• Serve as the key point of contact of the finance team in liaising with DHQ on the calendar of deliverables, templates, ad hoc requests and any follow ups coming out of planning discussions.
• Decision Support/Special Projects -- Provide analyses for ad hoc or other business presentations that lend insight into key business drivers enabling operating management to adapt more appropriate tactics/strategy to meet the LBE / Plan / LRP objectives.
• Financial statement accuracy – Ensure accurate monthly reporting by reviewing inputs from the team members, while building time for thorough validation prior to submission.
• Continuous improvement – Ensure documentation of process for team, communicate flowcharts that clearly layout roles and responsibilities / hand off. Further, continue to leverage technology to enhance usability of system pulls and ease the burden for populating templates
• This individual is expected to successfully perform all responsibilities with a high degree of self-motivation and autonomy.

People Leadership and Development:

• Responsible for delegating to and coaching two direct reports to ensure an optimal level of support to the business and providing coaching and career development opportunities to sustain a high performing staff
• Drive a positive, productive, and inclusive culture
• Ensure full alignment with Abb Vie Ways of working and expected behaviors

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
• 8-10 years progressive accounting or finance experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to solve business problems through the proactive identification of issues and subsequent collection, analysis and interpretation of related data Demonstrated problem solving and analysis within a broad framework of Abb Vie’s financial policies (CFMs), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Experience in leading and motivating a team in a dynamic business environment to successfully achieve results / deliverables.
• Decision Support/Special Projects
• Provide analyses for ad hoc or other business presentations that lend insight into key business drivers enabling operating management to adapt more appropriate tactics/strategy to meet the LBE / Plan / LRP objectives.
• Financial statement accuracy – Ensure accurate monthly reporting by reviewing inputs from the team members, while building time for thorough validation prior to submission.
• Solid understanding of automated accounting systems such as BPC, SAP, desktop productivity, and mainframe accounting application.

Key Stakeholders:

• Global Controller’s organization (Consolidations)
• Serves as key point of contact with internal and external stakeholders
• Commercial Business Team, APEX, Market Access, Pricing

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 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.

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About Abb Vie

Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.