Finance Business Partner (FP&A)

The  Finance Business Partner leads the financial planning and analysis processes and requirements across businesses supported. 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 Business Partner interacts with all levels of finance and business stakeholders. Provides required planning deliverables to meet AbbVie Corporate FP&A requirements. Critical to the success in this role will be the job holder’s ability to build positive working relationships where he/she can challenge and contribute as a ‘businessperson’ as well as a finance practitioner.

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Track and report daily sales to Greater Europe senior management
• In conjunction with Financial Shared Services and the country finance teams, timely and accurate monthly financial close
• Work closely with the CZ / SK / HU Commercial managers, prepare and develop annual budget, and financial forecasts as required, including P&L/PPL, headcount, using appropriate planning systems for Allergan Aesthetics.
• Work with the Senior Finance Manager and CSEE leadership team to prepare and present to Greater Europe management the budget and financial forecasts of the CSEE Region.
• Challenge and evaluate all business projections and forecasts for accuracy, acceptability and conformance to strategic objectives, understand the underlying assumptions and the variability of key business drivers.
• With the CSEE Country Manager and CSEE Leadership team, identify risks and opportunities in achieving quarterly and full year objectives, including developing contingency plans and implementing actions to ensure divisional margin objectives are achieved.
• Provide country management with relevant variance analysis for each planning cycle including commentary and develop meaningful management reporting schedules for both sales and costs. Support country management in the formulation of action plans to develop opportunities or correct deviations.

• Maintain and develop reporting together with management of sales and operational budgets to support country and regional commercial teams, particularly:
  • Forecasting of sales for both in-market and ex-factory sales.
  • Forecasting of costs including monthly control.

Business Planning and Partnering

• Become a trusted business partner to the CSEE Region and country cross functional teams, providing effective management reporting, analysis and insights (e.g. variances vs budget, latest forecast and Prior Year).
• Develop expense trackers for the management of spend and achievement vs latest forecast and budget
• Collaborate and provide routine business support to enable informed decision-making.
• Support key projects and initiatives (e.g. planning system standardization, management reporting and optimization) and drives process improvements.
• Ensure financial results are recorded in compliance with AbbVie financial policies
• Recommend and drive control process improvements
• Provide financial reviews and approvals (purchase order requests and invoices).
• Support the commercial team to prepare and submit Demand forecast