Finance Lead - R&D

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North Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
97K-184K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Leads finance analytics for clinical trial forecasting by translating complex data into insights, dashboards, forecasting tools, and scalable technology solutions. Establishes trusted data foundations, validates modeling assumptions, identifies risks, automates manual processes, supports financial-system implementation and integrations, and tests AI-enabled capabilities. Partners with Finance, Clinical Development Operations, Data, Technology, and embedded trial forecasters to improve forecasting solutions.
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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.

Job Description

Purpose:

Help enhance the analytics and technology capabilities that will transform how clinical trial investments are planned, monitored, and understood. As the Finance Lead in Center of Excellence Clinical Trials, you will be the execution engine, translating the strategic vision into data, dashboards, insights, tools, and scalable forecasting capabilities used across the organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations for Finance and business stakeholders
  • Help establish a trusted, consistent data foundation for clinical trial forecasting.
  • Develop new analytical capabilities as business needs evolve.
  • Identify opportunities to eliminate manual processes and improve data quality, speed, and scalability through automation
  • Develop analytics to validate clinical trial modeling assumptions and identify anomalies, inconsistencies, and potential forecast risks.
  • Support the development and ongoing enhancement of systems and tools used for clinical trial financial forecasting.
  • Help design and implement the new financial system for clinical trial forecasting.
  • Support integration of financial forecasting data with existing clinical trial and operational systems.
  • Maintain and develop dashboards that bring together clinical trial financial and operational data from multiple systems.
  • Partner with Clinical Development Operations, BTS, and other functions to connect financial and operational information.
  • Test and scale new AI-enabled capabilities.
  • Collaborate with Therapeutic Area Clinical Trial Finance and their embedded clinical trial forecasters to understand business needs and improve CoE solutions.

Qualifications

Required:

  • BA/BS degree required; degree in Finance, Accounting, and/or Health/Life Sciences preferred.
  • Minimum of 7 years of progressive, relevant finance experience.
  • Strong analytical mindset with an ability to work comfortably with large, complex, and disparate datasets.
  • Experience developing or managing dashboards, reporting solutions, analytics, or financial systems.
  • Ability to translate business problems into practical data and technology solutions.
  • Strong interest in AI, automation, advanced analytics, and emerging Finance technologies.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across Finance, Clinical, Data, and Technology organizations.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Comfortable working in a new and evolving environment where the role involves both solving today's problems and building tomorrow's capabilities.

Preferred:

  • MBA or Master's degree in a related field.
  • Pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience strongly encouraged.
  • Experience with SAP, BPC, ClinPro, Power BI, and/or Clin2Pay.
  • Experience with data visualization tools, analytics platforms, or financial planning systems.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors  including  geographic location, and we may ultimately  pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be  modified in the future. ​

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

  • This job is eligible to  participate in our short-term incentive programs.  ​

Note: No amount of pay is  considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned,  vested,  and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a   particular employee  remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be  modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion,  consistent with applicable law. ​

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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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Degree in Finance, Accounting, and/or Health or Life Sciences
  • Minimum 7 years of progressive relevant finance experience
  • Strong analytical mindset and ability to work with large, complex, disparate datasets
  • Experience developing or managing dashboards, reporting solutions, analytics, or financial systems
  • Ability to translate business problems into practical data and technology solutions
  • Strong interest in AI, automation, advanced analytics, and emerging finance technologies
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across Finance, Clinical, Data, and Technology organizations
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Comfort working in a new and evolving environment
  • MBA or master's degree in a related field
  • Pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience
  • Experience with SAP, BPC, ClinPro, Power BI, and/or Clin2Pay
  • Experience with data visualization tools, analytics platforms, or financial planning systems

AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.

  • Retirement Support Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.

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The Company
HQ: North Chicago, IL
50,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.

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