Senior Manager, Planning Systems Finance

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions 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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

This position will serve as a liaison between business finance users and the Business Technical Support community. The position’s primary focus will be on business systems and related processes across several Finance Functional Areas, Affiliates and Sites. The role is critical to ensure SAC applications incidents are triaged. The day-to-day primary responsibility of the position will be to serve as a subject matter expert (SME) ensuring smooth business system operations and coordination of activities within Headquarters (HQ) Business and Technical Support and FP&A for all aspects of the systems life cycle.

Responsibilities

Lead month end close systems process which includes ensuring timely data feeds, data validation and incident remediation across multiple reporting applications. Requires coordination with cross-functional subject matter experts in BPC, SAC as well as AA Commercial Financial Planning and Analysis teams.; Primary focus will be to support AA Global HQ and US organization in Irvine as well as AA LATAM during key financial reporting cycle. Support as needed for AA International.; Provide training and on-hands Financial Planning systems/template support to end-users.; Support AA Finance as key liaison with Business and Technical Support Project Managers for SAC for testing and data validation with key system deployments.; Assist in communication between Business and Technical Support leads and Areas/Affiliates/Sites including daily status meetings and incident remediation during system deployments.; Lead incident remediation while working with project team and communication with users to ensure questions are resolved.; Lead process optimization initiatives with the FP&A organization.; Systems will include: SAC, BPC, BIP and SAP

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Information Technology Systems related; Minimum 6+ years of progressive and related experience. 3-5 years prior experience in a Strategic/Analytical Role; Highly skilled in the use of Excel, PowerPoint, Word; Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills.; Strong communication skills; Travel: 25%