Finance Director, Brand Management and Inventory Governance

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

5h•$160,500 - $305,000

About The Position

The Finance Director, Brand Management & Inventory Governance provides global Finance leadership across inventory planning and analytics, Brand and Supply Chain Finance partnership, inventory governance and controls, U.S. Distribution Finance, inventory risk management, and inventory-related process transformation. The role is responsible for financial stewardship of AbbVie’s global inventory, ensuring inventory plans, reporting, valuation, reserves, controls, and financial processes appropriately reflect business and supply assumptions. The position partners across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Commercial, Accounting, and HQ Finance to identify inventory risks and opportunities and provide senior management with actionable insights supporting business and supply decisions. The position also leads and develops the Inventory Finance organization across Inventory Analytics & Reporting, Inventory Governance & Controls, U.S. Distribution Finance, and related activities, while representing Supply Chain Finance in senior-level and cross-functional discussions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
At least 10 years of progressive Finance leadership experience, including responsibility for supply chain, operations, manufacturing, commercial finance, FP&A, accounting, or related functions.
Broad Finance leadership experience, ideally across Supply Chain/Operations Finance, FP&A, Manufacturing Finance, Commercial/Brand Finance or Accounting.
Strong planning and forecasting experience, including Plan, LBE/Update, LRP and scenario analysis.
Strong understanding of inventory, balance-sheet management, financial controls and financial-risk management.
Ability to understand and challenge demand, supply and inventory assumptions and translate them into financial implications.
Strong cross-functional business partnering skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Ability to communicate complex financial and operational topics clearly and concisely to senior management.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing Finance professionals and leaders.

Nice To Haves

Experience in inventory forecasting, reserves/E&O, costing, SAP, Power BI and Finance transformation.

Responsibilities

Lead global inventory financial planning across Plan, LBE and LRP, translating demand, supply and production assumptions into financial inventory projections.
Partner with Operations and Supply Chain Brand Teams to challenge inventory assumptions and assess the financial implications of demand changes, supply strategies, product launches and other business decisions.
Provide senior management with insights on inventory performance, outlook, key drivers, risks and opportunities.
Oversee global inventory reporting, balance-sheet integrity, valuation and key inventory financial processes.
Lead Finance oversight of inventory exposures, including reserves, distressed inventory, inventory at risk and unapproved/pre-launch inventory.
Ensure significant inventory risks are identified, understood and appropriately reflected in financial plans and management reporting.
Lead global inventory governance, including inventory policies and audit requirements.
Drive consistent and sustainable inventory processes and provide Finance leadership on significant inventory accounting, governance and control matters.
Provide Finance oversight of U.S. Distribution inventory activities, including financial reporting, inventory accounting, reserves, controls and financial exposure.
Oversee inventory valuation, product-costing and financial master-data considerations affecting inventory reporting and planning.
Drive simplification, automation and modernization of inventory Finance processes, analytics and reporting, including Power BI and related Finance data solutions.
Lead and develop the Inventory Finance organization across Inventory Analytics & Reporting, Inventory Governance & Controls, U.S. Distribution Finance and related activities.
Represent Supply Chain Finance in senior-level and cross-functional discussions involving inventory strategy, planning, financial risk, governance and transformation.