Senior Finance Analyst, External Cost (On-site, IL based)

AbbVie

AbbVie

IT, Accounting & Finance
North Chicago, IL, USA
Posted on Mar 18, 2025

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.

Job Description

Purpose

Works independently tracking, forecasting, and gaiting external spend for PDS&T programs. Works closely with Product Development Directors to ensure external spend is updated, forecasted and gaited appropriately. Oversee and track actual spend for external activity. Review monthly payment schedules to track and update invoice activity.

Responsibilities

•Accountable for oversight of forecasting, gating, analysis, and reporting for external costs

• Utilize internal systems to create, collect, summarize, & analyze external spend..

• Conduct monthly meetings with senior level project managers and directors.

• Complete monthly external cost variance commentaries as required.

• Work with cross-functional partners to accurately track forecasted spend.

• Accurately enter forecast and track actuals.

• Challenge status quo ensuring accuracy of final deliverable.

Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree preferred, 4+ years relevant experience, without Bachelor’s Degree; 6-8 years experience in accounting and financial reporting
    • Flexible, able to work with minimal supervision; have good analytical organizational & team skills as demonstrated by ability to work in a matrix environment.
    • Familiar with basic financial/accounting principles with experience working with budgets & contracts required.
    • Thorough knowledge of Excel & Microsoft Word.
    • Ability to multi-task effectively & efficiently as well as adapt quickly to change.
    • Familiarity with financial reporting tools desired

    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. ​​

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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, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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