The role provides end-to-end US Demand and Revenue forecasts with the US Specialty Team One portfolio, with an emphasis on specialty products
The forecaster will produce analytics and presentations for AbbVie leadership. The forecaster will partner closely with Finance, Price Forecasting, AbbVie Performance Excellence (APEX), and Brand leadership teams.
The Forecasting Lead’s focus is primarily:
- explaining the brand’s evolution/outlook to executive leadership
- facilitating optimal decision making
- providing precise financial guidance to stakeholders
This role reports to the Senior Forecasting Manager, Team One.
Responsibilities
- Use large data sets, historical perspectives, and business partners’ insights to develop forecasts
- Align with business partners and finance leaders on forecast assumptions
- Partner with Price Forecasting to ensure alignment on GTN (Gross to Net) assumptions
- Load forecasts into required financial systems (CDLF, BPC, TM1, ADS, etc.) to support consolidation
- Integrate Actuals data into forecast models including validating and ensuring data integrity
- Complete key financial close schedules used by multiple stakeholders
- Highlight trends, risks, and opportunities for consideration as part of developing forecasts
- Lead/participate in ad hoc analyses
- Partner cross-functionally to drive tasks to consensus/closure while working independently and adjusting priorities as needed
- Embrace continuous improvement via learning and development, along with proposing, developing, and implementing process improvements