About AbbVie AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Associate Director, Finance Planning Systems Key areas of Focus Lead and Direct project team and supervise consultants with requirements gathering, technical design, development, User acceptance testing, and cutover of an enterprise planning solution. Take responsibility of root cause analysis and process improvement. Requires strong understanding of the Global Commercial planning and consolidation process as well as requirements for management reporting. Architect new production and development databases, including data management, hierarchy updates, calculation script logic updates, data backups, and user security. Design, develop and troubleshoot load rules, Business Rules and Calculation Scripts. Continuously and proactively improve the environment to enrich experience by contributing to training documentation and support for end users. Develop, maintain, and improve documentation on key business processes and procedures in compliance with Internal control policies Promote and develop automation of processes with current and future application flows. Send downstream system monthly corporate adjustment files for tie to final monthly, quarterly consolidation. Partner with BTS to understand future roadmap for SAP BPC planning, including sourcing actuals, and data analytics. Partner with BTS to install technical patches, upgrades, and system/application migrations. Responsible for Leadership communication and update to Steering committee on monthly basis. Act as BPC subject matter expert for the entire organization Qualifications Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Finance, or Accounting preferred. Experience in architecting, building and supporting Financial Consolidation application. Experience with administration and/or implementation of SAP BPC preferred Ability to troubleshoot issues relating to BPC in a timely manner Strong Analytical and technical skills to continuously improve processes Understanding /Acumen of Finance with strong knowledge in planning, forecasting, accounting close process. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Ability to communicate and collaborate with all levels Ability to understand the needs of the various business teams to appropriately plan for growth and change Excellent problem-solving skills, including innovative and creative solutions Ability to work independently and be goal oriented, as well as work as part of a team Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Significant Work Activities Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Travel Yes, 10 % of the Time Job Type Experienced Schedule Full-time Job Level Code M Equal Employment Opportunity At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis 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, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.