Senior Manager, Price Forecasting at AbbVie — Mettawa, IL

The Senior Manager, Price Forecasting is responsible for supporting the brand strategies through Gross-to-Net sales planning and reporting for Medication in Neuroscience. This includes providing financial pricing leadership to the brand team in development of the Plans, LRPs and LBEs and will collaborate with Marketing, Finance, MABI, and Market Access, to prepare concise and accurate deliverables, along with decision-support for Senior Leadership. This position reports directly to the Director, NEC Price Forecasting and is an individual contributor position and requires a high level of individual accountability and is expected to operate independently to accomplish the goals and responsibilities of the position; however constant alignment is critical due to the nature of the role. In addition, the Sr. Manager has a high degree of freedom to independently set priorities so that both planned and unplanned departmental objectives are achieved. Compensation and responsibilities will be tailored based on the selected candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects for planning and reporting for franchise’s rebates/discounts for Plan, LBE and LRP as it relates to medication.
• Work closely with business partners to accurately forecast discounts/rebates, including incorporating market dynamics such as historical trends and changes in market access.
• Ensure financial planning deliverables are accurate, clear and concise for Executive level review and approval.
• Understand and discuss all price related variances on a monthly and plan cycle basis.
• Partner with Market Access on deal impact analysis, forecasting rates, and tracking contractual rate changes.
• Partner with Copay team on rebate forecast and balance sheet requirements.
• Partner with GTN Accounting on monthly balance sheet reserves reconciliation, returns and pipeline forecast.
• Collaborate with Sales Forecasting and BU Finance to present a wholistic and aligned net sales story.
• Support analysis and requests related to Most Favored Nation, the Inflation Reduction Act, and other legislative changes, as needed.
• Complete additional ad-hoc project work and analysis, as needed.
• BA/BS in Finance or Accounting required. MBA/CPA preferred.
• 6-8 years of progressive Accounting/Finance experience required.
• Prefer experience in Pricing, Forecasting, or FP&A.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint technical and content strategy skills. BPC knowledge is a plus.
• The ability to interact with and support senior level management and to collaborate effectively and independently in a matrix organization.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem solving, planning and decision-making skills.
• Extensive interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to manage and coordinate multiple activities and shift priorities under tight timeframes and maintain poise under pressure.
• A highly motivated self-starter who can translate broad directions into high quality analytical output.

• 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 long-term incentive programs.