Associate Director, Finance - Transformation

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.

The primary objective of this position is to drive finance transformation by enhancing finance capabilities, improving culture, and reinforcing team spirit across the Global Commercial Finance organization.  This role is responsible for leading the Finance Future Fit (FFF) and workstreams to ensure execution of the agreed initiatives.

U.S. Therapeutics includes 4 therapeutic areas with sales of ~$42B and corresponding margin of ~$30B.  U.S. Tx finance represents ~300 colleagues.

• Serve as the primary liaison between Global Commercial Finance and Corporate on enterprise-wide finance transformation initiatives.
• Align U.S. Therapeutics Finance Future Fit priorities with broader initiatives, including Project Clear, Data Governance, and Project Genesis.
• Partner closely with the Global Finance Systems team on finance systems matters supporting U.S. Therapeutics.
• Lead the execution of approved finance capability initiatives, project plans, milestones, and timelines.
• Develop and maintain communications that keep the finance community informed of Finance Future Fit and transformation progress.
• Coordinate culture and engagement activities, including newsletters and employee recognition communications.
• Organize quarterly finance town halls, including logistics, technology, catering, and content coordination with U.S. Controllers.
• Coordinate the annual finance leadership offsite, including planning, logistics, and business-plan presentations.
• Support recognition programs, including the Year-End RISE Awards.
• Develop and maintain the U.S. Therapeutics Finance SharePoint site and related content.
• Coordinate the Finance Capital Plan across U.S. Therapeutics, International Therapeutics, and Allergan Aesthetics.
• Support crisis-management and cyberattack contingency activities, as well as ad hoc requests from the Vice President.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required. 
  • CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive finance related experience.
• Effective at delivering results in a highly matrix environment. 
• Strong understanding of AbbVie financial planning processes and systems.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership skills with a keen sense of ownership and advanced team building skills. 
• Strong communication and influencing skills. 
• Self-starter with a strong sense of initiative.
• Ability to generate ideas, challenge the status quo, solve problems, and manage innovation to reality.

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 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 and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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