Financial Planning Analyst
Abbvie Ltd
Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months
I am currently working within the commercial finance team of Abbvie Ltd as a financial planning analyst and my main responsibilities are outlined below.
Job Duties & Roll:
•Assist in the preparation of the 5 year long range plan (LRP) along with the annual plan (PLN)
•Assist in the preparation of Updated plan (UPD)
•Complete the monthly latest best estimate (LBE) forecast and submit to the Western Europe and Canada area team (WEC)
•Complete the month end process by obtaining actual results from SAP and uploading for both sales and expenses to the IBM TM1 planning system ABPM.
•Review actual expenses on a monthly basis and compare them versus plan and investigate significant variances.
•Work closely with the brand teams to discuss Advertising and Promotion expenses and review cost centres versus plan.
•Complete monthly variances analysis on both P&L and Balance Sheet and submit to the area team (WEC).
•Attend the monthly demand reviews with the Business Unit Manager and update patient/product forecast.
•Forecast units (packs) and sales within ABPM post discussion with Business Unit Manager.
•Update and maintain financial models for designated products.
•Manage the expenses dashboards on a monthly basis and reconcile the actual expenses per the dashboard versus SAP.
•Provide cost centre and account breakdowns for expenses to the commercial teams as requested.
•Update and maintain headcount tracker for the affiliate and explain variances during the planning cycle year on year.
•Create monthly variance reports within IBM Cognos, outlining performance and exchange versus prior year, plan and prior month forecast.
•Build IBM Cognos reports on excel highlighting YTD performance versus plan and present to Business Controller and Finance Director.
•Work closely with the area team (WEC) on process improvement of the monthly submissions.
In my role at Deloitte Ireland I was employed as an
TK Maxx is a global retailer operating in Europe, USA & Canada. During my time with TK Maxx I worked as a sales assistant and as a cash office associate. In this role I gained valuable hand son experiences of dealing with customer interaction while also the actual operating system of a cash management system.
Job Duties & Roll:
•Completing register reconciliations in the cash office and analysing any discrepancies.
•Coaching, guiding, and training new staff to provide exceptional customer service.
•Monitoring inventory levels, completing stock counts.
•Greeting customers, answering queries, and accurately processing transactions at the register.
•Confidently and persuasively dealing with any dissatisfied customer.