Senior Finance Manager (Tuas)

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Purpose:

• This people manager position is responsible for finance closing, control and compliance as well as day-to-day finance transactions.
• The Role involves interacting with various departments in the company, with extended center of excellence teams such as BPO, Tax, treasury and co-ordination with auditors periodically.

Major Responsibilities:

Finance Closing

• Lead the entity period close activities (by coordinating with shared services and supervising team members on respective closing area).
• Responsible for the accuracy and reliability of Actual financial reporting to be delivered on a timely manner (management accounts under US GAAP and Statutory financial statements under Singapore FRS, as well as various local authority reporting).
• Supervise yearly standard cost set up.

Control and Compliance

• Responsible for the implementation of and compliance with group financial policies and more especially the complete and adequate internal control.
• Responsible for financial compliance with significant contracts, including licensing (booking and payment).
• Responsible for tax and treasury in liaison with Corporate centres of excellence and related functions/centres of excellence within the Abbvie target operating model (TOM).
• Ensure that all accounting data is maintained in compliance with audit and policy requirements.
• Coordinate with auditors on internal and external audit.

Day to day finance transactions

• Supervise day-to-day finance operation related to procurement, inventory, fixed asset etc.
• Supervise and review the ageing of account payable/GRIR/block invoices.
• Drive process improvement related to closing activities and day to day finance transactions.

Education:

• Degree in Finance or Accounting
• Professional accounting qualification is required (CIMA, ACA, CPA, ACCA)

Essential Skills, Experience and Competencies (includes licenses, credentials)

• Minimum 8 years of combined experience in financial reporting, auditing is required.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Strong Excel, SAP knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills are required.
• Strong process improvement mindset.
• Proven people management experience.
• Experience in costing, manufacturing setting is preferred.
• Prior experience working in pharma MNC would be an advantage.

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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