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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

The Financial Shared Services (FSS) organization was established as one of the key new operating model for AbbVie to provide accurate financial accounting and reporting for all business organizations. The accountant will have accounting responsibility for supporting Payroll, Travel and Expense, and other special projects. Successful candidates will have high performance track records and the ability to work with ambiguity.

Responsibilities:

• Execute Month-end close processes for US Payroll related accounting, including but not limited to actual posting for US exempt, non-exempt and expat populations, month-end accrual calculation, payroll taxes and banking activities.
• Coordinate with AbbVie HR/Payroll team to provide strong support to reconcile the AbbVie Workday Accounting records vs payroll payment processed by ADP.
• Partner with AbbVie HR/Payroll team to resolve issues identified with US Payroll, improve overall service quality, streamline the bi-weekly payroll reporting and verification process.
• Ensure alignment of accounting for Concur Travel & Expense (CTE). Provide Analysis, Annual Accrual and prepare account reconciliations.
• Build, update and maintain internal US FSS Consolidation files used to fulfill corporate requirements for Actuals and Planning.
• Supports key projects/initiatives and drives process improvements.
• Ensure appropriate processes and controls are in place for all areas of responsibility. This position also reviews data sources for accuracy and completeness, collaborates to ensure complete and accurate results and must comply with AbbVie policies and US GAAP.
• Prepare Balance Sheet account reconciliations, identify opportunities for process improvements and drive action plans for quality control.
• Provide financial and ac counting analysis involving complex transactions.
• Must be able to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly to change to achieve required timelines.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.

Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred but not required.
• Minimum 2 year’s related experience required.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience in Excel, SAP, Blackline and HFM preferred.

Additional Information

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. 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 protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.