Accountant

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

We are now recruiting an Accountant to join our Finance team in Westport on an initial 12 Month FTC basis.

This role will report to the Finance Manager. As our new Accountant, you will have the opportunity to lead a business unit and guide our business leaders on all relevant financial matters, including strategy and process improvement. Joining an established and talented team, you will plan, control, administer, interpret, and report the financial affairs of the site business unit to ensure continued growth and proficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Providing financial support and guidance on all issues within business units
• Month end close activities – absorption analysis, overhead spend analysis, headcount assessment, variance analysis and narrative etc.
• Financial lead and primary finance point of contact for one of the business units in Westport.
• Financial Planning and analysis for the business unit – including monthly LBE’s, annual Plan and LRP.
• Monitoring, reviewing, and reporting of all key financial metrics within the business unit.
• Monitor and report on operations performance with monthly/weekly KPI’s to Senior Management Team and cross functional depts.
• Ensure all accounting and reporting procedures comply with SOX and internal control guidelines.
• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations through Blackline.
• Drive process improvement initiatives to deliver business objectives.
• Deliver full compliance with all regulatory requirements, including the support of external and internal audits.
• Collaborate and maintain stakeholder relationships with cross functional depts – Supply Chain, Quality,