Senior Analyst Finance ECM External Manufacturing

• North Chicago, IL, USA
• Full-time
• Salary Min: 82500
• Salary Max: 157500
• Travel:
  No

Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us  Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,You Tube,Linked Inand Tik  Tok.

ECM (External & Contract Manufacturing) Senior Financial Analyst

The Financial Analyst is responsible for setting product standard costs, financial planning, and reporting on variances throughout the year for ECM (External & Contract Manufacturing) Finished Goods & Devices. The Senior Financial Analyst also lends financial expertise regarding inventory movements and controls and provides business decision support via financial analyses.

Abb Vie’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 Abb Vie, please visit us at

Responsibilities:

• Own ECM-related Standard Cost Setting for External Manufacturing Finished Goods and Devices.
• Forecast P&L impacts for Plan, LBEs (Latest Best Estimates) and LRP, partnering with Supply Chain Planning, Brand, and business counterparts.
• Provide general FP&A support to the broader ECM Established Brands portfolio.
• Prepares and develops drafts of annual Plan, LRP and LBEs as required, including P&L, balance sheet, expenses using planning system and incorporates review changes of both financial and operating management.
• Prepares variance analysis for each planning cycle and management reporting schedules under direction of Manager.
• Works directly with Accounting Shared Service contact on monthly close and financial reporting processes to ensure complete, accurate and timely monthly actual results, including variance analysis and commentary for P&L, and balance sheet. Understands monthly results and communicates issues vs. benchmark to Manager to agree on resolution or action plan.
• Performs ad hoc analysis and forecasts for internal management team and business partners as requested.
• Works closely with other departments within Abb Vie to ensure that strategic initiatives are achieved.
• Execute detailed inventory reconciliation monthly: work closely with external third-party manufacturers (TPMs), Abb Vie plant personnel, and supply chain planning to understand variances and to resolve discrepancies.
• Business Partnerships
• Ensure financial results are recorded in compliance with Abb Vie financial policies (CFMs), Sarbanes Oxley and US GAAP.
• Participate in inventory verification counts at third party manufacturers.
• Ensure accurate accounting related to internal toll-manufacturing processes.

• Bachelor’s degree required. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• Preferred 4+ years of progressive and related experience in Finance and/or Accounting.
• Takes ownership of responsibilities. Highlights important issues quickly, while proactively seeking out and presenting potential solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Knowledge and proficiency in systems, particularly Excel, SAP and BPC.
• Must be able to manage multiple priorities and achieve required timelines.
• Familiarity with standard costing is preferred.

Abb Vie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community, and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is Abb Vie’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…