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Senior Accountant

AbbVie

AbbVie

Accounting & Finance
North Chicago, IL, USA
Posted on Aug 29, 2024

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 Senior Accountant provides accounting shared services for businesses supported. This includes review of data sources for accuracy and completeness, preparation of month-end close journal entries, balance sheet account responsibility and support of audit and tax deliverables as requested. Collaborates with business FP&A to ensure complete and accurate results with meaningful variance commentary. Complies with AbbVie policies and US GAAP. Senior Accountant works under the direct guidance of the Manager. Complies with accounting shared services and worldwide consolidations requirements and deliverables.

Responsibilities:

  • Prepares, reviews, reconciles data from systems utilized (HFM and SAP), investigates and resolves any discrepancies.
  • Supports maintenance of the system (review, issue resolution and mapping aligned to SAP master data).
  • Performs monthly upload processes and prepares journal entries for businesses supported.
  • Reviews and prepares reports and results for accuracy and completeness, including cost center reports, operating versus one-time expenses, balance sheet accounts, and payroll and headcount reports.
  • Collaborates with business FP&A to ensure accurate and complete results with meaningful variance commentary.
  • Prepares monthly results for submission to business FP&A and worldwide consolidations.
  • Prepares and reviews annual federal and state tax packages and year-end accrual components for Corporate Tax.
  • Supports various tax and audit requests including documentation and testing procedures, internal audits, external audits and intercompany billings for tax allocation purposes.
  • Provides accounting support and input for projects, systems and process improvement initiatives.
  • Performs ad hoc analysis and support projects as requested.
  • Collaborates with and provides accounting services to business FP&A as primary customer.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required. Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance preferred. CPA preferred but not required.

  • Minimum 4+ years related accounting experience required.

  • Proficient computer skills, including SAP, HFM and Excel is preferred.

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, 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.

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