Finance Manager, R&D Business Development

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 . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .

Job Description

Purpose

The R&D, BD and Alliances, Finance Manager leads the coordination and consolidation of R&D cost forecasts for Business Development assessments including licensing, acquisitions, and collaboration opportunities. The role interacts cross-functionally with project teams to cost asset development plans, review modeling assumptions, and support ad-hoc BD requests. Key stakeholders include Portfolio Program Management, Business Development & Acquisition, BD&A Finance, Search and Evaluation, Strategic Resourcing, and Business Functional Directors and VPs. The candidate will also be responsible for the growth and development of one direct report.

Responsibilities

• Building R&D cost models for BD assessments, collaborating with cross functional contacts to collect model inputs and pressure test assumptions.

• Responsible for updating R&D Cost Summaries for BD governance reviews to enable strong decision making on strategic investments.

• Lead monthly BD updates with R&D VP ensuring deal awareness and Day 1 budget impacts.

• Supervise R&D Partner Funding month-end activities and submissions for all aspects of monthly, quarterly, annual Plan, LRP and LBEs as required, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

• Provide Finance support for the transition and operationalization of newly executed BD agreements into R&D Organization, including preparation of Corporate and Integration Team deliverables.

• Supports key projects and initiatives (e.g. R&D cost modeling standardization, BD deal reporting and optimization) and drives process improvements.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus.
• Minimum 7+ years of progressive and well-rounded finance related experience.
• Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with ability to operate independently, drive processes, identify and implement process improvements, establish and adjust priorities to achieve objectives and operate with speed and agility.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written), with all levels of management and including the ability to listen well and to influence others that do not report directly.
• Proficient Excel and PPT skills required.
• Knowledge of SAP, BPC, and Workiva is a plus.
• Previous supervisory experience desired.

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 thetime 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 anybonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleand absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable 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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