Senior Department Financial Specialist - Cybersecurity

Responsibilities

• Partner with key stakeholders to understand specific business processes and objectives, supporting short and long-term strategic planning, solution discovery, and procurement needs.
• Lead and refine procurement processes in collaboration with finance, procurement partners, and other key stakeholders, ensuring purchasing activities flow cleanly and support budgetary tracking and reporting.
• Establish and define processes to ensure financial data is accurate across workbooks.
• Manage the departmental budget and projects spend, partnering closely with functional leaders and portfolio management partners to ensure we accurately plan and consistently execute against financial targets.
• Collaborate with portfolio and project management partners to align project management processes to financial forecasting and reporting requirements.
• Partner with corporate finance to drive operational excellence and standards for monthly and quarterly forecasts and LBEs (Latest Best Estimates).
• Develop reporting for leadership and key stakeholders to enable effective financial governance and transparent communications.
• Meet monthly with cross-functional partners to review active projects and proactively manage change orders, renewal timelines, and planned expenditures to ensure maximum transparency and alignment and drive effective forecasting.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable AbbVie Corporate (e.g., Finance, Purchasing, OEC, Legal), and IT department policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a business or financial field and 6 years experience OR Master's Degree and 5 years experience OR PhD and 0 years experience.
• Respective years of demonstrated experience incorporate financial management including budgeting, forecasting, and contracting/procurement support.
• Proven experience in budget management and forecasting for complex, multi-faceted organizations.
• Experience operating within complex procurement processes to drive efficient purchasing and clear alignment with budgetary requirements.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain high-quality relationships with all levels across the company and with external partners.
• Ability to design impactful financial reporting for both technical and non-technical customers including executive audiences.
• Experience working with enterprise financial systems and tools such as SAP.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate and negotiate projects and priorities across functions and/or organizations, proven experience in situations of conflict resolution, problem-solving, and crisis management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly and concisely present financial information to a variety of audiences, including executive leadership and stakeholders.
• Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence without authority, and strong analytical thinking skills are critical to success in this position.
• The ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, solve problems, scope financial requirements, and prioritize.
• Experience modernizing and automating departmental budget and financial management processes.
• Understanding of IT or Information Security concepts, terminology, and operations.
• Experience supporting business or financial operations for an IT or Information Security department.
• Experience with technical writing and process documentation.
• Experience working with globally distributed stakeholders and customers.