Business Finance Manager

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.

About the Role

The Business Finance Manager oversees the financial planning and analysis processes and requirements for the supported business for Scandinavia. He or she provides financial guidance in compliance with financial policies, prepares management analysis of actual vs. benchmark results, provides business decision support and leads key projects and initiatives to improve financial processes.

The Finance Manager acts as business partner for the Business Unit Director (BUD) and brand teams of the supported business units. The role is focused on Scandinavia but requires analysis and understanding of the three individual markets Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.

Major Responsibilities:

• Strategic decision partnering

- Manage Brand Finance Strategy together with BUD and ad-hoc involvement in key decisions for Brands/Functions

- Provide strategic decision partnering to brand Teams (also engaging with external stakeholders), for example pricing decisions, involvement in new product / indication launches, etc.

- Market & competition analysis in close cooperation with BUD, Mkt.Access, Customer excellence and other stakeholders

- Active Brand Team member, providing suggestions and challenge all Brand related activities

- Financial compliance: Provide Financial Approval on commitments (PO and contracts)

• P&L Management

- Proactively provide suggestions for maximizing revenue and reducing spend across the business

- Manage Brand P&Ls, maintaining an overview of budget and spending (including all planning / LBE cycles and reporting)

- Educate Brand Teams about P&L and encourage ownership, compares demand actuals with forecast and flags deviations to Brand Team and identify causes

• Financial Reporting & Data Interpretation:

- Lead all planning and reporting activities for the brand (LRP, Plan, Update, LBE, S&OP, monthly actuals reporting, …) and works closely with affiliate FP&A team and Area Finance team

- Analyzing variances between planned sales / expenses and actual outcome and supporting the implementation of corrective actions

- Analysis of market & competition data together with CEX, Mkt.Access, Brand teams.

• Demand management: Owns Brand total sales together with Brand Team
• Single point of contact: Provide holistic service to the Brand Team, passing on requests and troubleshooting to the relevant department or link point.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus.
• Minimum 5+ years of progressive and 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 skills.
• Knowledge of SAP and TM1 a plus.
• Good reading and writing in both Swedish and English
• Preferred experience in pharma industry or other international environment