External Manufacturing Finance provides financial planning and reporting support for the Company Operations External Manufacturing organization. This includes financial oversight for third party manufacturing of key regulatory starting materials and various production stages of oral solid dose pharmaceuticals, biologics, aesthetics, and devices. The team also provides financial and strategic support for third party negotiations and contracting.

The Finance Analyst for Third Party Manufacturing (TPM) is responsible for supporting financial reporting and analysis for Pharmaceutical products sourced from Third Party Manufacturers. More specifically, the Finance Analyst will partner closely with the broader Third-Party Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams to ensure that brands are available for our patients, all internal controls are applied appropriately, and insightful financial analyses are provided to achieve strategic and day-to-day business objectives. This is a Cost Accounting role and will provide exposure to cost accounting principles, variance analytics, and inventory valuation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of monthly TPM Product and Project accruals, reclasses and various cost allocation journal entries, in partnership with Finance Shared Services.
• Assist in analysis of key financial drivers on Pharma portfolio impacting US & OUS actuals.
• Ensure that all financial transactions are accounted for appropriately. 
• Assist in the coordination, consolidation and reporting of Actuals, Plan, Update, Latest Best Estimate (LBE) and Long-Range Plan (LRP) including product variances, project expense, and headcount.
• Assist in the standards development for Pharmaceutical brands.
• Assists with financial support to functional business partners.
• Assist in the annual Physical Inventory counts at Third Party Manufacturers in scope.
• Perform monthly inventory reconciliations for AbbVie consigned inventory at TPMs.