Director, Finance Transformation
About The Position
The Director, Finance Transformation supports AbbVie’s enterprise-wide finance transformation strategy in partnership with executive leadership - setting the vision and roadmap for long-term organizational change. You will play a pivotal role in identifying, leading and delivering transformation programs (spanning People & Change, Process Change and Improvement and Technology Enablement programs across the global Finance organization). You will oversee projects spanning the full transformation lifecycle - from conducting enterprise value assessments and diligence, to blueprinting workstreams that align resources, and driving the execution of Finance and cross functional initiatives. This role oversees major transformation programs, ensuring initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives and produce measurable business impact. You will be responsible for program governance and delivering best-in-class transformation management practices through leadership of cross-functional teams and external partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field.
- Minimum 12 years of progressive leadership experience.
- Strong financial acumen and familiarity with financial systems and processes.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence individuals significantly senior to self.
- Experience interacting independently with senior leadership on strategic, tactical and confidential issues that have both immediate and long-term business impacts.
- Demonstrated project management ability of multiple simultaneous projects with many moving pieces.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment, adaptable to last-minute changes in requirements or priorities.
- Advanced analytical and process diagnostic skills and the ability to get into the details, while also understanding and driving the full team to achieve results in line with the “big picture” objectives.
- Comfortable with data, metrics, and dashboards to drive decisions.
- Conflict resolution capabilities, particularly in finding common ground for win/win solutions in a matrixed environment.
- Ability to deliver feedback, recognize strong performance, and also recognize when corrective action would benefit individual and group performance.
Responsibilities
- Work with business leaders to set the vision and strategy for Finance Transformation programs (spanning People & Change, Process Change and Improvement and Technology Enablement programs across the global Finance organization), aligning initiatives with enterprise goals.
- Support the identification, evaluation, prioritization, and reduction of program risks and dependencies, ensuring that regulatory, compliance, and operational risks are addressed in all program activities.
- Raise critical risks and recommended solutions, and work with workstream leads to establish baseline plans, track progress, and apply corrective actions when delivery risks arise.
- Accountable for driving results within a matrixed environment, including functional, cross-functional, and global teams.
- Enable and maintain the governance framework for the operating model transformation, including steering committees, program approvals and build workshops.
- Ensure decisions, actions, and dependencies are detailed, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
- Develop, implement, and rigorously monitor key processes and metrics to deliver actionable reporting to the Transformation Steering Committee(s), Executive Leadership Team, and other management groups.
- Cultivate positive relationships with business leaders, key collaborators, and cross-functional partners to ensure agreement and engagement in transformation roadmap.
- Develop and complete a clear communication and reporting strategy tailored to executive sponsors, business leaders, and delivery teams.
- Produce high-quality program reporting (e.g., dashboards, status reports, executive packs) that provide clear insight into progress, risks, and decisions needed.
- Regularly assess the performance of internal teams and external partners, taking accountability for swiftly identifying issues and driving appropriate escalation and resolution.
- Design, implement, and oversee training initiatives for new processes in conjunction with internal teams (including Change & Enablement), frameworks, and tools, ensuring team members are fully equipped for operational success.
- Help define and monitor adoption and readiness metrics (e.g., training completion, process adherence, stabilization targets).
- Coordinate pilots, phased rollouts, and post‑implementation reviews, incorporating lessons learned into future releases.
- Champion innovation and continuous improvement by adopting leading practices, emerging technologies, automation, and visualization tools.
- Mentor and develop talent across the organization.
Benefits
- paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- short-term incentive programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
