Finance Systems Manager Jobs in Illinois

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key areas of Focus

• Partner with the Finance planning teams to facilitate continuous improvement efforts towards the planning, forecasting and long-range plan.

• Partner with project team and supervise consultants with requirements gathering, technical design, development, User acceptance testing, and cutover of an enterprise planning solution.

• Take responsibility of root cause analysis and process improvement. Requires strong understanding of the financial planning and consolidation processes as well as requirements for management reporting.

• Design, develop and troubleshoot load rules, Business Rules, and Calculation Scripts.

• Continuously and proactively improve the environment to enrich experience by contributing to training documentation and support for end users.

• Develop, maintain, and improve documentation on key business processes and procedures in compliance with Internal control policies.

• Promote and develop automation of processes with current and future application flows. Send downstream system monthly corporate adjustment files for tie to final monthly, quarterly consolidation.

• Facilitate integration of SAP BPC planning, including sourcing actuals, reconciling and data analytics.

• Partner with BTS to install technical patches, upgrades, and system/application migrations.

• Responsible for Leadership communication and update to Steering committee on monthly basis.

• Act as BPC subject matter expert for the entire organization by recommending and seeking out fellow BPC SME for common resolution and best practice recommendations for the enterprise.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Requires 7-10 years progressive accounting or finance experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Finance, or Accounting preferred.
- Strong expertise in Finance for a large pharmaceutical company is required.
- Located in Lake County, Illinois area with ability to work in office 3-5 days a week depending on deadlines.
- Experience in architecting, building, and supporting financial planning applications.
- Experience with administration and/or implementation of SAP BPC required.
- Strong Analytical and technical skills to continuously improve processes.
- Understanding /Acumen of Finance with strong knowledge in planning, forecasting, accounting close process.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to communicate and collaborate with all levels
- Ability to understand the needs of the various business teams to appropriately plan for growth and change
- Excellent problem-solving skills, including innovative and creative solutions
- Ability to work independently and be goal oriented, as well as work as part of a team
- Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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