Job Description
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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
Joining AbbVie means you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients’ lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada.
When choosing your career path, choose to be remarkable.
AbbVie’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, vision care, virology, women’s health , and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
This role builds and manages internal controls for AbbVie Canada’s pharmaceutical and aesthetics sectors. It promotes best practices, ensures compliance, improves financial processes, assesses risks, coordinates audits, and leads key financial projects. The role works closely with different teams and reports directly to the Controller of AbbVie Canada .
Responsibilities:
- Develops Internal Control Mapping for Pharmaceutical and Aesthetics Businesses.
- Highlights the awareness of internal controls within the various departments. Aligns with other Affiliates and implements Best-Practices of internal controls.
- Coordinate initiatives to improve, simplify and optimize finance processes, identifying high, medium and low risk areas.
- Manages end-to-end controls: from processes up to financial reconciliations
- Is the “liaison” between the various cross-functional groups, businesses and Finance management to co-develop and implement the various projects and process improvements initiatives
- Responsible for compliance monitoring
- Serves as consultant for all policy relevant topics
- Coordinates communication and change management for key projects impacting processes
- Ensure buy-in from all impacted users and stakeholders from finance projects and process changes
- Responsible for preparing and coordinating Internal Audits with all relevant stakeholders within the Affiliate and Shared Service Organization
- Coordinate and lead projects in the finance organization including the successful implementation of new or optimized processes.
- Manage one analyst
Qualifications
Requirements
- University degree with at least 7 years of professional experience in Finance or Business Administration
- CPA Certified
- Significant experience in big four or internal controls in an international company – including practical experience of sox controls
- Auditor background is a plus.
- Shared service center is a plus.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Able to drive change and motivate cross functional teams
- Ability to move into different finance roles
This role is hybrid and requires 3 days minimum in office.
AbbVie aims to offer a French-speaking workplace in Quebec and has made efforts to limit English requirements. However, advanced English skills are essential for this role because the position involves working with English-speaking employees, clients, and regions outside Quebec.
Additional Information
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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