Senior Financial Analyst

About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its 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

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Senior Financial Analyst, 3 rd Party Manufacturing

YOU ARE more than just a title, YOU ARE...

• A Key Strategic Team Leader. You will support the Assoc. Director Finance, TPM and is responsible for the day to day accounting of Allergan's Global Third-Party Manufacturing / Virtual Plant Operations. Providing full accounting and financial decision support to the Business Unit, this position will work as part of the Global Operations Finance team.
• A Key Innovative Forward-Thinker. You will help in evaluating and monitoring financial performance, financial controls, forecast, budgets, inputs for product standards and investment plans as well as day to day accounting needs. With ~70 TPM sites the role will work very closely with the Supply Chain Planning & TPM teams in understanding day to day business activities helping to ensure the business unit achieve its financial targets.
• An Organized Collaborator. You will also be responsible for the timely & accurate recording of all finance transactions in accordance with US GAAP & Allergan's FAAPM.

YOU WILL:

• Prepare and analyze information to ensure month end close is completed in accordance with tight reporting deadlines. Including Material variances, material usage analysis, PPV, Inventory valuation & reconciliation & Inventory reserves & Inventory expenses.
• Support the Annual Budget Process & preparing updates to Business Plans as required. (Forecast Rolling Updates)
• Assist the COE in creation and maintenance of standards.
• Support any requirements from external and internal auditors.
• Provide finance support to projects and investment / change initiatives.
• Develop analytics to monitor the financial performance and trends of the business unit, providing accurate, relevant & timely finance information to the business unit enabling it to meet its finance commitments.
• Preparation of Departmental Management Reports (Actual V Forecast V Budget).
• Analysis and explain of manufacturing variances.
• Review of standard costs to assess ongoing reasonableness.

Qualifications

YOU BRING:

• Minimum 5+ years financial management experience, experience within the Pharmaceutical industry/cost accounting a plus
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and cost accounting methods
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other regulatory requirements.
• Performance measurement, benchmarking
• Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration
• Software applications (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Global, multicultural, and multi-site environment
• Must be results oriented with a can-do attitude
• Financial modeling, data analysis
• Analyzing financial results to enable business decisions
• Cost accounting methodology
• Communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Managing and prioritizing multiple projects, duties and assignments
• Establishing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with colleagues, management and senior executives
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team environment or independently

LEADERSHIP SKILLS:

For this role, we're looking for a leader who is:

• Excellence Focused
• Optimistic
• Open and Authentic

Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis 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, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.