Finance Lead, Forecasting & Reporting

About the role

The Finance Lead, Forecasting & Reporting is the key finance partner for AbbVie's US Migraine business, which includes Ubrelvy, Qulipta and upcoming launches. In this highly visible role, you will lead forecasting across all planning cycles and provide the P&L insights behind decisions by US Neuroscience and Migraine Commercial and Finance teams and AbbVie leadership. You will work with partners across Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Pricing, Demand Planning and Operations, and you will help shape how we forecast through new tools, automation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end P&L forecasting for US Migraine across all planning cycles (Plan, LBEs, LRP, ADS and S&OP), including headcount and expense projections, and deliver timely, accurate submissions.
• Develop and enhance forecasting and scenario models using patient funnels, TRx market size, market growth and share, MoS/pipeline and market events to improve accuracy and predictability.
• Track actual results against forecast, integrate actuals into models, explain variances and assess forecast accuracy with Commercial, Demand Planning and Global Operations.
• Build forecasts and business cases for new launches and strategic projects, covering P&L, profitability, ROI, volume/SKU mix and capital requirements (RCEs).
• Assess the financial impact and ROI of promotional activities to guide resource allocation.
• Create clear, compelling reports and presentations for Commercial, Finance and leadership reviews (including P&L roll-forwards, risks and opportunities, PPD benchmarking, and sales results and forecasts), in line with legal and corporate guidelines.
• Turn data into insights on trends, risks and opportunities, and recommend strategies that strengthen business performance.
• Set sales force targets with Incentive Compensation, and prepare royalty forecasts and reporting with the Corporate team.
• Partner with Global Operations, Demand Planning, Supply Planning and S&OP to align supply and demand forecasts and optimize inventory, E&O and cash flow.
• Serve as the US Migraine finance liaison to Gross-to-Net, Pricing, APEX, Market Access, PCS, Incentive Compensation and Operations, and stay current on market and competitor developments.
• Support the Finance Director with ad hoc analysis, strategic projects, corporate initiatives, and earnings-call and external reporting.
• Champion continuous improvement by using AI, automation, machine learning and advanced analytics, including dashboards, to improve efficiency, accuracy and controls across forecasting, budgeting, close, reporting, expense management, reconciliations, variance analysis and data quality.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required
• CPA or MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of combined experience in Commercial Finance, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, cost accounting, auditing and financial reporting.
• Strong financial, technical, analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills for working with all levels of management.
• Strategic, creative thinker who can identify key issues, opportunities and value drivers and translate insights into forecasts that drive business decisions.
• Ability to interpret market research and quantify the financial impact of marketing initiatives, promotional activities and competitive events.
• Ability to triangulate diverse data sets and analytics to inform forecasts and proactively identify and solve business problems.
• Self-starter who works independently, manages multiple priorities and delivers high-quality, timely work in a dynamic environment with tight timelines.
• Proven ability to build alignment with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels and influence without direct authority.
• Solid understanding of systems and automation tools such as SAP, BPC, Power BI, Microsoft Office, and AI and machine learning tools.

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.