Senior Finance Manager - Commercial Controllership Finance

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

10d•$124,500 - $236,500

About The Position

The primary objective of this position is to provide financial leadership for the Plan and LRP planning process for Commercial Controllership Organization. The position will be responsible for providing financial analysis, recommendations, and decision-making support. This position is responsible for supporting development and implementation of processes and procedures to facilitate accurate and timely consolidations of the Plan and LRP.

Requirements

8+ years progressive accounting or finance experience.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
Strong understanding of Company financial planning processes
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Solid understanding of automated accounting systems such SAP and BPC. Skillful with Power BI or other data visualization tools.
Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office, primarily Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to solve business problems through the proactive identification of issues and subsequent collection, analysis, and interpretation of related data
Experience working independently as well as team environments and integrating activities across multiple functions / divisions
Ability to meet tight deadlines while balancing competing priorities
Ability to work well in a team environment and build strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders

Nice To Haves

MBA or CPA preferred

Responsibilities

Lead Global Financial Planning: Drive annual Plan and Long-Range Planning processes for the Global Commercial organization.
Own Forecast Coordination: Align business inputs, validate assumptions, and deliver timely, accurate financial forecasts.
Influence Senior Stakeholders: Prepare compelling planning materials and executive-ready insights for leadership, Corporate Planning, and Global Commercial Finance.
Orchestrate Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Finance, commercial teams, Corporate functions, Legal, R&D, Operations, and other stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
Strengthen Financial Governance: Perform system tie-outs and quality checks to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across planning and reporting systems.
Optimize Planning Processes: Improve and standardize planning tools, templates, schedules, deliverables, and reporting processes.
Translate Performance Into Insights: Analyze results against Plan, LBE, prior year, and other benchmarks to identify trends, drivers, risks, opportunities, and variances.
Enable Better Business Decisions: Deliver clear, concise, and actionable financial analysis, recommendations, and ad hoc insights to support leadership decisions.
Lead and Develop Talent: Manage, coach, delegate to, and develop a high-performing finance team committed to growth and excellence.
Build a Culture of Ownership: Foster collaboration, accountability, problem-solving, continuous improvement, and strong business partnership across the organization.