FP&A & Finance Business Partner Lead

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Role purpose

Lead the affiliate performance agenda by integrating commercial, demand and financial information into one forward-looking view of the business. The FP&A Lead is accountable for affiliate planning and consolidation, regional submissions and team leadership, while serving as a strategic Finance partner to commercial leaders across South Africa and Region Africa. The role ensures that recommendations presented to the Finance Director are commercially relevant, financially sound and supported by a reconciled affiliate view.

The FP&A Lead owns the breadth and final integration of the affiliate Finance agenda, with commercial partnering embedded across the business. The role provides enterprise-level strategic support and constructive challenge while ensuring that Finance Managers remain close partners to their respective business areas.

Key responsibilities

• Lead affiliate planning and forecasting. Manage the monthly Latest Best Estimate (LBE), annual Plan and Long-Range Plan (LRP) processes, including calendars, assumptions, business input reviews and the delivery of one reconciled affiliate view.
• Provide commercial-finance leadership. Partner with Business Unit Directors and commercial leaders to translate performance into actionable insight, challenge material assumptions and evaluate investments, pricing, portfolio choices and business cases.
• Drive performance management. Integrate actual results, forecasts, risks and opportunities; explain key drivers; and recommend actions that improve business performance and predictability.
• Own affiliate consolidation and regional submissions. Evaluate and reconcile business-unit, demand and cross-functional inputs, and ensure accurate, consistent and timely submissions and responses.
• Support sound decision-making. Review and endorse Finance recommendations before escalation to the Finance Director for approval or decision, as applicable.
• Lead and develop the team. Set priorities for the Finance Managers and Demand Manager, allocate capacity, delegate effectively, coach team members and maintain high standards of output quality.
• Strengthen ways of working. Clarify ownership across Finance, provide direction and quality oversight, and avoid duplicating work assigned to Finance Managers or assuming ownership of supply-chain execution.
• Champion continuous improvement. Simplify, standardize or eliminate reports, models and processes that do not support effective decision-making, while strengthening controls and data quality.

Key stakeholders

• Finance Director and Country leadership.
• Business Unit Directors and their respective commercial leadership teams.
• Regional Finance and Financial Support Services.
• Financial Controller and Supply leadership.
• Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical and Human Resources.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline; a CA(SA), CIMA, CPA, MBA or equivalent professional qualification is advantageous.
• Progressive experience in financial planning and analysis and commercial finance within a complex, matrixed organization; pharmaceutical or healthcare experience is advantageous.
• Demonstrated capability in forecasting, affiliate consolidation, financial modelling, performance analysis and executive-level communication.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear business recommendations.
• Ability to lead a team, delegate effectively and challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with SAP, planning systems and data-visualization tools such as Power BI is advantageous.
• High standards of financial integrity, judgement and follow-through.

What success looks like

• Accurate LBE, Plan, LRP and regional submissions delivered on time, supported by clear assumptions and one reconciled affiliate view.
• Clear, decision-focused insights that identify risks, opportunities, alternatives and recommended actions.
• Strong commercial partnerships, with Finance insight demonstrably influencing business decisions and resource allocation.
• A high-performing team with clear accountability, effective delegation, regular coaching and visible capability development.
• Progressive simplification and standardization of reports, models and processes, with measurable improvements in quality, efficiency and decision value.

The FP&A Lead is expected to operate in accordance with AbbVie’s Code of Business Conduct, company policies and all applicable laws and regulations. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a fair, inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Role grading and employment terms will be managed through the applicable AbbVie and Human Resources processes.

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