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AbbVie Ireland Finance Development Programme (2026 Intake)

Irelandfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Sept 2025

About the role

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

At AbbVie, we offer you the resources and a global reach to empower your innovative mindset.   From day one, we’ve known it takes teamwork and collaboration to develop the scientific breakthroughs, innovative pipelines, and therapies that change millions of patients’ lives around the world. In short, we know it takes “you” to make those ground-breaking advancements happen. We take pride in serving and supporting our communities and protecting the environment, making a lasting impact that's felt within healthcare and beyond.

We are recruiting for an exciting opportunity to join AbbVie Ireland's 2026 Finance Development Programme (FDP). The expected start date is September 2026.

This is a global accelerated leadership programme for ambitious finance graduates, who want to work in a dynamic, innovative environment.

The FDP consists of four six-month rotations run over two years, assignments are crafted to help you develop exceptional functional and leadership traits by working on a wide range of projects, while providing exposure to different leaders in the company. These finance experiences will develop you and put you on the fast track to future finance leadership opportunities at AbbVie. The rotations are carried out in a variety of functional areas such as: Commercial, Operations, and Corporate Finance. You will also get experience by working cross functionally in a matrix environment, building your business acumen, and participating in key training sessions. 

You will spend two years as an FDP member, during which time you can expect to complete four separate professional work assignments within roles such as:

Financial Accounting & Analysis
Budgets, Plans Forecasting
Financial Reporting & Controls
Manufacturing Operations/Cost Accounting
Treasury

You will have the opportunity to work within four different departments for two years, each for six months. During the first year, you will support both Operations Controlling in Westport, Ireland and Commercial Affiliate FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) in the Netherlands or Belgium. In the second year, you will have the chance to explore two further functional areas within Europe, in which one of them will be in our Finance Shared Service Center in Krakow, Poland. Based on business needs, the fourth rotation can be carried out in area functions such as Commercial Affiliate, Treasury, Regional Headquarter or Area Corporate Financial Planning in one of our European locations.

During the 2 years program, you will also participate in several international meetings virtually or in Europe (European Finance Director meeting, Alumni FDP meeting, Steering committee, coffee chat with senior leaders in Europe and in US, etc).

At the end of the 4th rotation, you will travel for 2 weeks in Chicago area at AbbVie Headquarters to have an additional experience in one of our global function and to network with senior leadership and our global functions.

Placements will be based on business needs and are subject to change. The position is limited to a maximum of 2 years with the objective after 2 years to find a role in one of European location.

Rotation Locations:

Rotations in Ireland and within the EU. (eg. France, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland) and 2 weeks in United States.