Senior Cost Accounting Analyst

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.

• Own the standard-cost maintenance process in SAP S/4HANA for assigned regional sites, ensuring timely and accurate updates, data integrity, and compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Coordinate site finance reviews and contribute to the preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results for assigned businesses.
• Contribute to annual plans, plan updates, Latest Best Estimates (LBEs), Long-Range Plans (LRPs), and Days on Hand (DOH) analyses for assigned businesses and sites.
• Analyze and explain variances between actual results, plan, prior year, and forecast; identify key drivers, risks, and opportunities,
• Provide backup finance support for assigned sites, including month-end close activities, journal entries, and other routine accounting requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to standardize processes, advance finance transformation, improve operations, reduce costs, and increase efficiency across regional sites.
• Partner with material master data owners to complete finance reviews and maintain the accuracy and integrity of cost-related master data.
• Support internal control activities and ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements.
• Coordinate with the Costing CoE Lead on internal and external audit requests, providing timely analyses, documentation, explanations, and follow-up information.
• Partner with site finance teams and cross-functional stakeholders to promote consistent costing practices and resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Support the onboarding and integration of newly hired and transitioning costing analysts into the group.
• Lead project-costing initiatives across multiple sites and corporate functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of relevant accounting experience, including at least 2 years in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with product costing, standard costs, and standard-cost variance analysis preferred.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and other enterprise resource planning or financial systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and other financial or analytical tools.
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and a continuous-improvement or simplification mindset.
• Self-directed, with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborative and effective when working with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders.
• Experience investigating complex costing issues and communicating recommendations to finance and business stakeholders

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• 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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