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Finance Lead, Purchase Based Contracting

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Finance

Posted Oct 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

You are the subject matter expert for analysts. Tell me about a time you helped someone through a tricky contract question.

What they are checking: Whether they teach and support others while still managing their own portfolio.

Describe how you've supported SOX or audit requests in a contracting or pricing role.

What they are checking: Whether they keep clean, traceable records that can stand up to an auditor's questions.

Tell me about a special project you led with little supervision. How did you keep it on track?

What they are checking: Independence, since the posting stresses working with minimal supervision across many teams.

What would you do

Market Access wants a contract term that Pricing thinks is risky. How do you help them reach a decision?

What they are checking: Ability to work across Pricing, Legal, Brand and Market Access and frame trade-offs clearly.

You find that a contract has been paying the wrong rate for three months. What do you do first?

What they are checking: Whether they contain the issue, size it and escalate honestly instead of quietly fixing it going forward.

How do you build a working relationship with an external customer who is unhappy with how a contract was handled?

What they are checking: Whether they can listen, fix what is fair and protect the company's position at the same time.

About the work

Explain how a GPO contract and a wholesaler chargeback work together for a product like an oncology drug.

What they are checking: Whether they understand the flow of money and data in purchase-based contracting, which the whole role depends on.

How do you evaluate whether a proposed discount on a hospital or clinic contract makes financial sense?

What they are checking: Whether they weigh volume, net price and downstream pricing effects such as government price reporting.

What does it mean to implement a contract compliantly, and where have you seen implementation go wrong?

What they are checking: Awareness that loading terms incorrectly creates real financial and legal exposure, not just a data error.

Tell me about your experience with Model N, Pramata or similar contracting systems. What would you improve in how they're used?

What they are checking: Hands-on system knowledge and the ability to spot process improvements, which PBC is asked to represent.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

The Purchase-Based Contracting (PBC) Finance Lead supports discount and pricing contracts across multiple products and channels, including providers and physicians, hospitals, clinics, and group purchasing organization (GPO) accounts. In this role, you will contribute to PBC strategies and initiatives and help ensure contracts are implemented compliantly and effectively. This position reports to the Senior Manager, Purchase-Based Contracting. Key Responsibilities: • Serve as the subject matter expert for analysts supporting Oncology and other products across wholesaler and GPO contracts while independently managing an assigned portfolio. • Represent PBC on initiatives that evaluate opportunities and streamline or enhance processes and systems, including Pramata, GIA, and Model N. • Partner with the manager and Brand and Market Access teams on strategic initiatives throughout the year. • Work independently with minimal supervision while building strong internal and external cross-functional relationships across Pricing, Business Technology Solutions (BTS), Legal, Market Access, Brand, and other teams. • Build alignment and drive results by partnering effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, customers, and teams. • Lead special projects and support Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and audit-related requests. • Deliver results across assigned responsibilities with a high degree of self-motivation, accountability, and autonomy. • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or Business required. • MBA desirable. • 6+ Years of progressive experience, preferably in Contracts and Pricing. • Ability to provide indirect leadership and guidance across multiple workstreams. • Ability to interact with and support senior-level management in a matrixed organization. • Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, planning, and decision-making skills. • Ability to analyze and summarize data from multiple sources. • Strong interpersonal skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively. • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office; advanced Microsoft Excel skills preferred. • Subject matter expert-level knowledge of Model N; experience with QlikView is a plus. ​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 and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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