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Finance Manager - APEX

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Finance

Posted Aug 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 29, 2026

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About your past

The posting asks for timely routine collaboration with business partners to capture forecast adjustments. How do you get a business partner to tell you about a spending change before it shows up in the actuals?

What they are checking: Building the relationship that makes forecasting possible.

Tell me about a variance you investigated that turned out to be an accounting artifact rather than a business change.

What they are checking: Skepticism about their own numbers before escalating them.

This is the primary finance contact for one organization inside US Strategic Operations Finance. What would you want to know about that organization's leadership before taking the seat?

What they are checking: That they see this as a partnership role and evaluate the partner.

What would you do

You would lead the latest best estimate presentations for APEX. How do you present a forecast that has moved in the wrong direction?

What they are checking: Delivering bad numbers to leadership clearly and early.

A business unit allocation is disputed by the team receiving the charge. How do you resolve it?

What they are checking: Defending a methodology to a partner who has an incentive to argue.

You would support ad hoc analyses and corporate planning requests alongside the regular cycle. How do you protect the close when a special request lands mid-month?

What they are checking: Prioritization when the calendar is fixed and the requests are not.

About the work

This role owns planning and reporting for APEX selling, general and administrative expense across the plan, the latest best estimate and the long-range plan. How do those three differ in what they are actually for?

What they are checking: Whether they understand AbbVie's planning cycle as three distinct exercises.

You would lead month-end close activities including business unit allocations, reclass entries and landing estimates. Walk me through how you build a landing estimate you would defend.

What they are checking: Close mechanics and the judgment inside an estimate.

How do you decide what belongs in an executive summary of selling, general and administrative performance and what stays in the appendix?

What they are checking: Editorial judgment about senior attention.

What do you look at first to tell whether an expense trend is a timing difference or a real change in run rate?

What they are checking: Analytical instinct on the most common question in expense finance.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

The Finance Manager - Apex position is the primary contact Finance contact for the APEX organization within US Strategic operations Finance. The primary objective of this position is to provide financial leadership for the LBE, Plan and LRP planning process for APEX organization. The position will be responsible for providing financial analysis, recommendations, and decision-making support. This position is responsible for supporting development and implementation of processes and procedures to facilitate accurate and timely execution of all financial deliverables. Responsibilities • Lead all aspects for planning and reporting for APEX SG&A for Plan, LBE and LRP. • Responsible for all Month end close activities, including but not limited to Business unit allocations, reclass entries, accurate landing estimates, and Ad hoc analysis/requests. • Lead APEX LBE presentations. • Establishing and maintaining timely routine collaboration with business partners to capture forecast adjustments. • Analyze financial results and business performance versus key benchmarks, including annual Plan, LBE, prior year, and other relevant scenarios. • Identify key trends, drivers, risks, opportunities, and variances to support management decision-making. • Support ad hoc analyses, special projects, functional initiatives, and corporate planning requests as needed • BA/BS in Finance or Accounting Required. • MBA/CPA preferred. • 7+ years progressive accounting or finance experience • Strong understanding of Company financial planning processes • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Solid understanding of automated accounting systems such SAP and BPC. Skillful with Power BI or other data visualization tools. • Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office, primarily Excel and PowerPoint • Ability to solve business problems through the proactive identification of issues and subsequent collection, analysis, and interpretation of related data • Experience working independently as well as team environments and integrating activities across multiple functions / divisions • Ability to meet tight deadlines while balancing competing priorities • Ability to work well in a team environment and build strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders 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 thisposting 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. ​ 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 anduntil 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