Finance Lead, Corporate Accounting

About the position

The Corporate Accounting Lead provides critical accounting support for certain compensation areas, including the Company's equity award programs and executive compensation. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, executing month-end close journal entries, account reconciliations, tracking ABBV equity activity and leading key compensation activities (director payments, secular trust activities). This role works closely with Executive Compensation and Payroll.

Responsibilities

• Executes month-end close processes, including journal entries, account reconciliations and reporting
• Accounting responsibilities include but are not limited to share-based compensation, equity accounting, executive bonus plans, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) and dividends
• Collaborates with Executive Compensation, Payroll, Tax and Treasury to ensure processes are accurately completed and internal customer needs are met
• Prepares equity-related financial statement and footnote disclosures for External Reporting (10-Q/K)
• Supports secular trust accounting and reporting
• Prepares executive compensation related disclosures for Proxy statement filing
• Identifies opportunities to improve / streamline current processes and procedures
• Responsible for compliance with applicable AbbVie Finance Policies and US GAAP, and ensuring appropriate documentation of processes and controls are in place in compliance with required internal controls and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements
• Support of audit, internal control and SOX audit and review processes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
• CPA preferred
• 4+ years of finance and accounting experience
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and adjust priorities to achieve accurate and timely results
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to collaborate across functions
• Proficient in Excel, SAP and HFM (preferred)
• Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and aptitude for continuous improvement and change