Associate, Business Systems Consultant - SAP Concur - AbbVie

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.

Acts as a default IT/BTS point of contact for Travel & Expense (T&E) systems, with a background in configuring Travel & Expense Application or Enterprise/Corporate or ERP financial applications ensuring smooth system operations, adherence to compliance policies, and optimal user experience. Manages and provides expert advice on the configuration, maintenance, and enhancement of Travel & Expense Application. Analyzes and documents business processes and requirements, identifies solutions, assesses feasibility, and makes recommendations. Translates business requirements into functional specifications; coordinates and performs testing, validation, and demonstrations for business partners. Works collaboratively to ensure solutions align with organizational objectives and provides ongoing support for system improvements.  

Responsibilities

Elicits and communicates with Business Partners to understand specific business processes, requirements and opportunities for improvement; identifies IT capabilities and information required to support the business processes and collaborates in the development of appropriate information management strategies, developing them as an integrated part of the business strategy.

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures when proposing a solution, Ensure the integrity of the system design to support a global model. Ensure system configuration complies with company policies and regulatory requirements to maintain system integrity.
• Identifies current and emerging business needs and evaluates alternative technology solutions using standard information systems methodologies and best practices. Proactively seek out strategic business opportunities with business partners for the application of new or existing technology capabilities.
• Develops technology strategies that meet the requirements of the business. Identifies the business benefits of alternative strategies. Ensures compliance between business strategies and technology directions. Prepares testing plans to confirm that requirements and system design are accurate and complete.
• Analyze the impact of system changes and partner with cross-functional teams such as Workday, payroll, SAP, compliance, and reporting to ensure seamless integration with other applications and support continuous process improvements.
• Provide design recommendations and identify potential conflicts impacting the end user experience. Create and maintain System Life Cycle (SLC) documents for system implementations and enhancements.
• Collaborate with business users to understand gaps, troubleshooting issues, and work with the technical team to resolve problems efficiently. Manage and perform system configurations to meet business requirements, as well as assist in the design, development, and testing of solutions.
• Proactively seek out strategic business opportunities with business unit executives for the application of new or existing technology capabilities. Ensure proposed solutions accurately align with business needs and provide reliable information for justification and prioritization.
• Allies with other BTS functional areas to remain current on project status, and inform Business Partners of progress; conversely, keeps BTS managers aware of user issues and resolves conflicts.
• Accountable for the accuracy of the fit of the proposed solution to the business needs and the information upon which the business justification and prioritization decisions are made. Also accountable for communicating business needs and drivers to development groups to assure the implementation phase can fulfill the business need.

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years’ experience; Or Master’s Degree with 5 years’ experience; Or PhD with 0 years’ experience.

Preferred 

• Experience with Concur Travel & Expense application is preferred
• Professional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present design and solution approach to the Business Team

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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