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Reporting into Finance Director for CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) Region, the Finance Director CZ / SK is responsible for maximizing financial performance and driving business growth as well as risk management of the Affiliate’s operations. This is achieved through acting as a strategic partner, leading the Finance Team, providing guidance to internal and external stakeholder and leading activities such as: managing the P&L, optimizing Operational Excellence, driving Finance Transformation, supporting financial reporting & Data interpretation, & securing Internal Controls and Compliance & maximizing synergies.
- Partner with & provide guidance to the General Manager and affiliate team, providing strategic support in the decision making.
- Be a trusted advisor, proactively monitoring & identifying opportunities and risks as they arise to consistently deliver on the business objectives.
- Effectively and clearly communicate actual results with variance analysis and commentary to internal and external stakeholders.
Finance Team Management & support to Internal & External Stakeholders
- Provide leadership to build, maintain and develop a strong, high-performing AbbVie Finance Team (overall team size approx. 20 team members)
- Act as a single point of contact for GM and affiliate teams on relevant financial topics
- Effectively collaborate with other internal and external stakeholders (e.g., HR, Financial shared services, Audit, Tax, CoEs etc.)
P&L Management
- Manage & supervise the budget planning cycles: Last Best Estimate - LBE, Update, Plan, LRP, Entity plan.
- Risk & Opportunities Assessment:
Operational Excellence (demand, supply & customer service) in conjunction with the GM
- Lead, enhance & maintain the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process to ensure that sales forecasts are both challenging and achievable and that product demand and supply are appropriately managed and guaranteed.
- Monitor variables affecting supply and distribution performance and ensure corrective action.
- Supervise key distributor relationships; ensure effective inventory management, good DSO and timely collections.
Financial Reporting and Data Interpretation
- Coordinate collaboration between Financial Shared Services (FSS) and local team
- Supervise the monthly analysis to include appropriate variance analysis.
- Manage the tracking and analysis of actuals versus budget for Affiliate, brands, functions and specific campaigns.
- Provide actual monthly and quarterly financial data and analysis.
- Lead the affiliate internal and external reporting/consolidation.
- Ensure that adequate internal financial controls, Corporate Policies and administrative procedures are established, followed & enhanced.
- Assure the right level of internal controls and analysis.
- Ensure financial results are recorded in compliance with AbbVie financial policies.
- Responsible for signing statutory financial statements of the legal entities across the Affiliate.
- Business/Financial/Accounting bachelor’s or master’s Degree
- Broad financial management and control experience (min 10 years)
- Business performance experience (i.e. Commercial, Financial Planning and Analysis)
- Experience in dealing with international accounting issues, including exchange and entity planning.
- Experience in multinational companies with matrix environment
- People Leadership: experience (managing and leading an organization)
- Experience leading complex projects
- Experience liaising with external authorities.
- International experience preferred.
- Fluent English
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer including disability/vets. It is AbbVie’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 (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, or any other protected group status. We will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans. The Affirmative Action Plan is available for viewing in the Human Resources office during regular business hours.
