(Senior) Brand Finance Analyst in Wiesbaden bei AbbVie 3 9 out of 5

Welcome to AbbVie! As part of an international company with 48,000 employees worldwide and around 3,000 employees in Germany, you will have the opportunity to work closely with us to address the health challenges of tomorrow. Do you have a passion for improving health care around the world and for using your expertise to improve patients' quality of life? In a challenging work environment that allows you to broaden and develop your own skills? You’ve found the right place!

As a team member in our diverse Commercial organization, you will be contributing your skills and passion to advancing medical developments – whether in sales, marketing or market access.

Further develop your expertise and join our team in Wiesbaden as a

(Senior) Brand Finance Analyst (all genders)

Make an impact:

• Strategic Finance position working in very close collaboration with Commercial, Pricing, Finance, Market Access, Market Analytics and Business Insight teams to address a variety of business challenges, brand positioning, strategy and provide solutions through analytical problem solving.
• Highly exposed position (Local GM, Local Business Unit Director, Management team, Headquarter Commercial Director). Navigates at ease through a complex Matrix Organization adapting communication style to stakeholder management.
• Responsible of Brand Financial Planning, of both Sales (market volumes and competitors, prices, stock) and expenses (promotion, employee related and other sales force and marketing expenses), resulting in a solid Brand P&L forecast.
• Preparation and presentation of monthly actual results and rolling forecast estimates to both local and international management, at Affiliate business reviews and Sales & Operation Planning reviews (S&OP)
• Planning of accurate brand sales and expenses projections for Budget, Rolling Forecast and Strategic Long-Term Plans (Plan, Update, LBE and LRP submissions) – using sound analytical assumptions and effective communication of rationale (story) /methodology.
• Provide comprehensive financial support to the brands – owns all aspects of the financial performance of the brands (sales, expense, P&L, performance, month end close, capital expenditures)
• Manages Brand Teams and, when required, educates about P&L, spending allocation and optimization, and encourages P&L profitability ownership
• Holistic view of a Brand Team. From finance related subjects, to making connections in Marketing, Regulatory, Demand & Stock Management, Market Access and Business Analytics
• Provides strategic partnering and resource allocation insights for the Brand Teams
• Is an active Brand Team member, providing insights and challenges for Brand related activities
• Provides ad-hoc analytical support on various business needs, including product launches scenarios, business cases, channel/product mix impacts and other key business drivers (prices, resources…)
• Very close collaboration with the FP&A teams to guarantee the Affiliate Forecasts, accurate reportings and comments for local and headquarters management
• Manages a wide range of projects such as: automation of data flows through technical capabilities and tools to fully integrate all financial data into the AbbVie Finance environment, optimization of reporting environment and systems, statistical forecasting implementation, process simplification and standardization.
• A utonomous and self-reliant management of the overall brand related forecasting processes and stakeholders to meet all timelines set locally and/or by Headquarter/Global.

This is how you can make a difference:

• Bachelor in Business, Economics, Finance or Accounting; Master’s/MBA is preferred
• Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, along with good interpersonal skills to effectively work with all levels of management
• Ability to triangulate a wide variety of data sets and analytics to inform forecasting
• Skills to prioritize and quickly understand issues and assess data integrity is critical due to challenging deadlines
• Problem Solving attitude, innovative mindset, self-reliant way of working and very accountable
• Ability to work in a matrix international organization
• A minimum of 5 years combined experience in analytics, forecasting, and/or financial planning and analysis is required.
• Pharmaceutical business knowledge of 3 years is a plus FP&A Experience
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills are required; strong PowerPoint skills are preferred
• At least medium SAP FI/CO knowledge
• Used to work with a variety of independent planning systems and tools
• Excellent