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 . on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .
Job Description
This position provides strategic leadership in developing technology initiatives aimed at modernizing and optimizing financial operations, processes, and systems. The role has a broad impact and influence across multiple technology and business domains, driving innovation and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Develops and achieves discipline strategy in alignment with functional goals and key business objectives. Collaborates with experts within function to integrate technical objectives into activities associated with accelerated development of new/improved products or technology.
- Advances technical expertise within function. Proactively demonstrates leadership by advising and sharing knowledge and expert opinions with subordinates, peers, and senior management. Mentors and trains functional colleagues and assesses current and emerging business challenges enabling functional goal achievement.
- Ensures quality and effectiveness of major project plans within function through sound design, early risk assessments, and implementation of fallback strategies.
- Sources and identifies emerging scientific and technological trends from multiple internal and external sources and assess relevance. Integrates trends into functional short-term objectives. Advances crossdiscipline technology and direction through generation of data.
- Apply imagination and innovation by creating, inventing, and implementing new or better approaches, alternatives and breakthrough ideas that are valued by customers within the function.
- Shapes relationships with affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, and industry peers in accordance with Abbvie Values, Vendor Management Office, and Purchasing to further the mission, vision and goals of the organization.
- Responsible for adherence to corporate standards regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, and data security.
- Design enterprise-wide finance technology architecture
- Design and execute finance transformation roadmaps aligned with business strategy
- Define data models and integration patterns
- Optimize financial system performance, ensuring stability, scalability, and efficient operations in a global environment.
- Ensure effective integration between SAP Finance modules and other enterprise applications (e.g., SAP Group Reporting, SAP MDG, SAP BTP, Tax Engines, Consolidation & Planning tools).
- Stay ahead of SAP Finance trends and innovations, guiding the organization on the adoption of Fiori, AI/ML, Advanced Analytics, and Cloud-based solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent education in Science or Technology related field with extensive of related work; Masters Degree or equivalent education in Science/Technology or PharmD or equivalent education with extensive (typically 14 years) of related work; PhD in Science/Technology or related field of related work experience.
- 8+ years of experience in SAP Financial solutions with deep experience in SAP FICO, Group Reporting and Intercompany Processes.
- Results-driven and strategically proactive, with the ability to navigate a matrixed environment across functions and geographies to seize opportunities and mitigate risks.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design and implement innovative solutions.
- Understanding of multi-entity, multi-currency, and tax localization complexities in a global finance environment.
- Demonstrated success in leading technology innovation initiatives.
- Ability to travel globally up to 15% and effectively collaborate across time zones using digital communication tools.
- Architect real-time financial reporting solutions
- Design cloud migration strategies
- Architect digital finance solutions
- Lead proof-of-concepts for new technologies
- Design automated reconciliation systems
- Develop predictive analytics capabilities
- Establish API strategies for financial data exchange
Additional Information
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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms
Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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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