Finance Director, Migraine at Abbvie

The primary objective of this position is to provide financial leadership, oversight, and business support for Migraine franchise within US Neuroscience, with sales of ~$2.7Bn.  Specifically, this role partners closely with the leadership teams to establish strategies and align related tactics/projects across the Migraine organization and business partners to optimize outcomes and ensure financial commitments are met, interacting with all levels of finance and business leadership.   Core Responsibilities • Financial Reporting and Internal Control: • Lead the strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis to support key decision making. • Oversee general ledger and related month-end close activities to ensure accuracy and predictability of results, and to maintain compliance with AbbVie financial policies and control framework. • Provide finance reporting to various management teams by contributing to the development of projects and activities that align with business and financial objectives. • Develop effective reporting, monitor performance and support development of contingency plans as necessary to deliver results with clear and concise commentary. • Partner with the external and internal audit teams to complete all audit cycles effectively and implement any audit recommendations according to due dates as applicable. • Drive to continue to enhance internal controls and ensure financial results are recorded in compliance with AbbVie financial policies, SOX and GAAP. • Financial Planning and Analysis: • Proactively lead the planning processes [Plan, UPD, LBE and LRP] ensuring accurate and timely integration of sales forecast, pricing and investment resourcing, ensuring senior management input to meet overall Division / Global / Corporate deadlines and deliverables. • Champion, value and measure cost savings and resource optimization programs. • Coordinate across the division timelines, requirements, targets, financial presentations, and financial results for all corporate planning requirements.  • Ensure financial planning and reporting deliverables are accurate, clear and concise for Executive level review and approval.  • Strategic Business Partnership: • Be a strategic partner with business leaders to optimize decision making, meet financial commitments, ensure resources are appropriately deployed, and prepare deliverables that are Executive management ready. • Support various Finance process/system improvement efforts and instill a culture of continuous improvement. • Decision Support / Special Projects -- Provide analyses for ad hoc or other business presentations that lend insight into key business drivers enabling senior management to adapt more appropriate tactics / strategy to meet both short- and long-term objectives. • People Leadership and Development: • Lead a team of 3 highly motivated and engaged finance professionals by setting & aligning goals/priorities, motivating, and empowering the team to deliver exceptional results.Reports To: • VP, Finance Neuroscience • Effectively manage matrix relationships with US/Global/Corporate Finance, FSS, PSM, Internal/External Audit, US Commercial Leadership