Job Summary:
Based in the Allergan KSA office in Jeddah and reporting into the MEA Finance Lead, the role oversees the financial planning and analysis processes and requirements within the country. 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 interacts with all levels of finance and business management. Provides required planning deliverables to meet Saudi Arabia AA Affiliate delivearables.
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The job holder will work closely internally with other finance functions: Finance Shared Services Centre (FSSC) based in Kraków, Poland, MEA Finance in Dubai and VLOG team in Zwolle, Netherlands.Acting as a business partner to the local commercial teams, the job holder will need to demonstrate commercial acumen, be able to challenge and make a real and positive contribution to the business.
Critical to the success of the role will be the job holder’s ability to build positive working relationships where they can challenge and contribute as a “business person” as well as a Finance business partner.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee/manage all aspects of monthly, quarterly and annual Plan, LRP and LBEs as required, including P&L, headcount, balance sheet and capital using planning system. Partners with business and proposes solutions to achieve budget within guidelines and to operate within approved budget.
- Provides relevant variance analysis for each planning cycle and develops meaningful management reporting schedules and ensures accuracy and predictability of results and key metrics.
- Drives the monthly SOP process and lead the senior management review meeting
- Supports Accounting Shared Service monthly close process to ensure complete, accurate and timely monthly actual results, including variance analysis and commentary for P&L, headcount and balance sheet. Understands monthly results and both prepares and reviews meaningful monthly management reporting packages with businesses.
- Collaborates and provides routine business support to enable informed decision-making.
- Provides financial reviews and approvals (purchase order requests and invoices).
- Supports key projects and initiatives (e.g. planning system standardization, management reporting and optimization) and drives process improvements. Supports ad hoc analysis as required.
- Collaborates with AR leadership team and customer service counterparts, provides routine business support to enable decision-making and strategy setting for enhanced collection capability.
- Fostering a Compliance driven environment (Financial Controls, Concur CTE, Transactional Monitoring – HCP engagement)
- Develop and manage staff to ensure production of high quality and timely work product.
Education & Experience
- 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.
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
- Arabic speaking an advantage
- Strong Excel skills
- Knowledge of SAP and BPC or similar and Power BI a plus.
Skills & Personal Qualities:
- High degree of accuracy with an extremely good attention to detail.
- Well organised and able to prioritise during time pressured periods.
- A general interest in commercial and marketing issues relevant to the financial planning and management of a healthcare business.
- Ability to build positive working relationships where challenge and contribution is the norm.
- Responsive and proactive
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
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Each employee is responsible for conducting his or her activities on behalf of the company consistent with a high standard of business ethics and in compliance with the laws and regulations that govern our activities. Your obligation encompasses the following:
- Takes personal responsibility for and demonstrates a high level of understanding of and adherence to the applicable internal policies, including but not limited to our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and other policies applicable to your job, and external laws and regulations governing your activities.
- Exhibits high business ethics standard in dealing with internal and external stakeholders, including dealing with others honestly and openly, showing accountability, being reliable and trustworthy and being loyal to the company.
- Completes all required compliance and ethics related training within required timelines.
- Encourages a high level of understanding of and adherence to compliance and ethics amongst colleagues and third parties.
- Fully co-operates in any internal and external audits, investigations and inspections.
Behaviours /Values
- All for One AbbVie: operates with enterprise perspective; inspire & motivate others towards shared purpose; influence colleagues to achieve cross-functional alignment.
- Agile & Accountable: simplify how work gets done; sets clear strategies and robust implementation plans; delivers business results.
- Decide Smart & Sure: deals comfortably with risk and ambiguity; makes timely and high-quality decisions.
- Clear & Courageous: Acts respectfully, yet courageously; manages conflict & difficult decisions; communicates openly and honestly with colleagues.
- Make Possibilities real: creates environment where employees can appropriately experiment; connects concepts and generate unique ideas.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer including disability/vets. 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 disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, or any other protected group status. We will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans. The Affirmative Action Plan is available for viewing in the Human Resources office during regular business hours.
