FP&D Business Partner

at  AbbVie

Company Description
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.
Job Description
The position will lead planning & demand processes for Region North. The role will interact and support with Finance and business operations teams to develop timely and accurate Plan, Update, LRP, LBE and Demand forecasts, as well as drive the monthly Actuals for clusters managed. The individual must attain a strong knowledge of the business and will collaborate with the commercial to effectively communicate key financial information across a wide range of stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 3 - 4 years combined experience in financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, cost accounting, or auditing is required.
• BS/BA in Accounting, Finance or Industrial Engineer.
• CPA / MBA is preferred but not required.
• Strong communication skills to effectively present financial information to non-financial audiences.
• Strong interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Fully fluent in English (written, oral and reading skills) are a priority.
• Advanced Excel advanced skills are a priority.
• Work history reflecting application of analytical, problem solving, and technical skills.
• Experience with SAP and BPC systems preferred but not required.
  Additional Information
  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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• Partner with Product Management in leading the monthly demand process and determining financial impact due to sales variances, new product roll out, etc. and prepare periodic forecasts to update management on projected results.
• Support the area manager in the Plan/Update/LBE/LRP and S&OP preparation processes, analytical review of related deliverables, and presentation of results to financial, business operations and senior management teams.
• Leadership in partnering with the commercial cluster teams in identifying, evaluating and developing projects that require financial analysis, to ensure profitability and drive margin optimization (e.g. new product development analysis, product portfolio analysis, and expense/investment analysis, profitability of new opportunities, revenue commercial models and profit margin analysis).
• Interaction with Market Access, R&D, and Business Operations teams, in order to address and resolve financial issues impacting the business.
• Analyze financial performance against key business metrics and document pertinent financial highlights that will enable management to determine progress against budgets.
• Maintenance of accurate financial reporting data in SAP, JDA, BPC and other financial systems. Partner with Planning team in reporting, uploading, and maintaining SEIS and BPC tools according to Business best estimation and ACT performance.
• Provide and generate reports to support to the commercial team through information analyses, validation of operational data reports (Financial, Sales, Product Management, Operations) to make informed business decisions.