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Senior Auditor, Finance Internal Audit

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Finance

Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a finding you raised that the business owner pushed back on. How did it end?

What they are checking: Whether they can hold firm on facts while staying a partner the business still wants to work with.

Tell me about a time you challenged a peer's work or a peer challenged yours. What happened?

What they are checking: Whether they welcome peer challenge as part of quality work rather than taking it personally.

What would you do

You are testing a control and the documentation is incomplete, but the control owner insists it was performed. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that undocumented controls cannot be relied on, no matter how sincere the owner is.

Midway through fieldwork you notice something that looks like it could be fraud. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they know to escalate quietly through the right channels instead of investigating alone or alerting the subject.

About the work

Walk me through how you plan a risk-based audit of a finance process, starting from a blank page.

What they are checking: Whether they scope audits around real risk instead of testing every control with equal weight.

How do the IIA standards shape the way you document and support an audit finding?

What they are checking: Whether they know that a finding must be backed by evidence that would hold up to a skeptical reviewer.

Which finance processes in a large pharmaceutical company would you consider highest risk, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they think about revenue recognition, rebates, reserves and similar judgment areas rather than only routine transactions.

How have you used data analytics in an audit, and what did it show you that sampling would have missed?

What they are checking: Whether they can use full-population analysis tools rather than relying only on traditional sample testing.

Explain the difference between a design deficiency and an operating effectiveness deficiency, with an example of each.

What they are checking: Whether they have the core control-testing vocabulary needed to write clear, accurate findings.

How would you write an audit finding so senior management and the Audit Committee understand why it matters?

What they are checking: Whether they can tie a control gap to business impact in plain language that executives will act on.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

AbbVie’s Global Internal Audit function plays a critical role in protecting and enhancing the organization’s value through risk-based assurance and advisory services to internal stakeholders, senior management, and our Audit Committee of the Board. Internal Audit strives to be a critical function to evaluate company, industry and emerging risks, effectively partnering with the business, and consistently recruit and develop key talent. Our goals are carried-out through the talent of the audit team, while leveraging analytical and audit tools, supported by a dynamic and collaborative team culture. Responsibilities • Internal Audit Key Pillar: Execution Our leading pillar is focused on executing our audits and services in accordance with Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) standards, AbbVie Code of Conduct, and other internal policies. We drive meaningful dialogue, analysis, and tools that allow us to partner with our stakeholders on key decisions, aimed at assessing and improving AbbVie’s control environment. • Internal Audit Key Pillar: Engagement We take pride in how we engage with stakeholders and each other – respectfully, ethically, and with AbbVie’s success and our patients at the forefront of our work. We rely on and challenge each other, as peers, knowing that at the core of every successful team is trust, partnership, and respect. • Internal Audit Key Pillar: Development The core success of our team is reliant on our talent. We focus on developing members of the audit team to execute audits/services, provide opportunities for training, and upskill other focus areas of each individual. We also continuously assess our culture to allow for an environment that cultivates and sustains an atmosphere of self and team development. • Planning and executing audits of various processes/locations, both U.S. and international. • Compile and analyze large sets of data from multiple sources (such as SAP, payroll and various financial databases). • Partner with peers in creating a risk assessment analysis of a proposed audit of entities, processes or critical systems. • Prepare and present audit findings to audit leadership and business stakeholders. • Identify and communicate risk & control themes to various stakeholders. • Assist with investigations as requested. • Demonstrate a high degree of soft/presentation skills. • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and/or Accounting, or relevant area of study • 15 – 35% travel to AbbVie's international and U.S. locations required • In office/face-to-face interaction at company’s head office and audit locations (hybrid) • Ability to ‘coach others’, and ‘be coached’ (by peers, management, and partners). ​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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