• Senior Manager, Forecasting Center of Excellence

    AbbVie (Mettawa, IL)


    Company Description

    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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .

    Job Description

    + Assist in helping automate and streamline various rules-based processes in forecasting through leveraging cross functional support, providing tool assessment, and assisting in implementation, as applicable.

    + Lead meetings with cross functional teams on various continuous process improvement initiatives and align on expectations and perform standard health checks vs. targeted benchmarks to ensure timely completion.

    + Create KPI tool to track various continuous improvement efforts and track progress

    + Assist with creating dynamic central data repository helping brand forecasters leverage data in an agile fashion.

    + Assist in creating standard onboarding & offboarding materials, list of best practices, and various trainings to enhance overall forecasting experience.

    + In collaboration with DHQ, develop internal forecasting calendar identifying various milestones needed to support timely and accurate submissions for various leadership reviews (i.e. Brand, TA, US, Global, and Exec).

    + In collaboration with forecasting, identify and document opportunities for consistency (i.e., key assumptions, modeling frameworks, associated outputs for book pages, etc.)

    + Prepare Ad-Hoc Analysis, as needed.

    + In collaboration with DHQ and Forecasting leadership, review LBE planning cycles (including key +/-), and identify areas of opportunity to leverage various analysis and other resources to further streamline and simplify the LBE process.

    Qualifications

    Required:

    + Requires 7-10 years progressive accounting or finance experience

    + Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance, Economics, Engineering, or Math/Physics

    + Advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

    + Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to partner across multiple functions as well as various levels of the organization

    + Highly motivated self-starter who can translate broad directions into high quality analytical output.

    + Open to new ideas and utilizes value-added principles in approach.

    + Ability to manage and coordinate multiple activities, due dates, and shifting priorities, under tight timeframes

    + 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

    + Adapt at analyzing and summarizing data from multiple sources.

    Preferred:

    + US Commercial experience and knowledge of the financial planning process

     

    Additional Information

     

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

     

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    + 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. ​

    + This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

     

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    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.

     

    US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

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    Salary: $121,000 - $230,000