Associate Director, Global FP&A (COE)
About The Position
The Associate Director will lead AbbVie’s Global Financial Planning & Analysis Center of Excellence (FP&A COE) within Commercial Controllership and manage a team of four employees. The role advances consistent standards, processes, tools, and finance capabilities to enable timely, informed decisions across global commercial finance. The role leads the COE’s operating model, team, and priorities across its four pillars; coordinates responsibilities and priorities with Commercial Controllership and partner teams; and drives standardization, technology adoption, automation, and AI initiatives. It oversees financial planning and reporting deliverables and technical analyses, promotes finance capability through forums and learning programs, and strengthens onboarding with consistent documentation and training.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or financial controllership, including team leadership.
- Strong financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop teams in a dynamic environment.
- Success standardizing finance processes across business units, regions, or functions.
- Experience delivering measurable process improvement or automation results.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders, clarify accountability, and manage competing priorities.
- Ability to coach finance professionals and communicate complex financial information clearly.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or an equivalent professional qualification.
- Experience building or leading a finance COE or shared-services capability.
- Familiarity with BPC, Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, or Wdesk.
- Experience applying AI or automation to financial reporting, reconciliation, or analysis.
- Experience supporting global commercial finance teams through organizational or technology change.
Responsibilities
- Lead the FP&A COE, its team, and operating model.
- Lead, coach, and develop four employees and set priorities across the COE’s four pillars.
- Define preparation, review, approval, and decision responsibilities across Commercial Controllership and the LBE and Plan/LRP teams.
- Align priorities and resolve issues with planning, forecasting, SG&A, business-unit FP&A, shared services, procurement, and HR partners.
- Develop and drive adoption of standard procedures, planning guidance, reporting templates, mock books, and presentation standards.
- Oversee SG&A, headcount, net sales, and related reporting guidance and deliverables across planning cycles, establishing consistent methodologies across global commercial.
- Lead automation and AI initiatives using tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and Wdesk.
- Maintain COE platforms and tools and promote adoption across the finance community.
- Oversee COE deliverables for net sales, weekly trends, sales incentives, SG&A, distribution margin, and post-execution reclassifications.
- Ensure the quality and accuracy of reconciliations, royalty true-ups, standard cost reconciliations, and planning data verification.
- Lead technical analyses, including exchange adjustments and industry fee calculations, with relevant finance partners.
- Lead quarterly FP&A forums and finance learning and development programs.
- Strengthen onboarding through consistent documentation and training on key FP&A topics.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick time.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
- 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
