Finance Partner

Job Purpose

This role incumbent will part of a finance partner team in one of the pharma manufacturing sites, as well as support functions, ensuring delivery of financial targets by providing decision support, financial management and governance.

• Providing value added decision and planning support to the business and Site finance lead
• Drive management insight on the basis of standard management reports and knowledge of the business
• Participate and lead discussion and decision on options to improve performance, focused on priorities, based on understanding of risks, opportunities and feasibility.
• Support months end close review and sign offs
• Support with Planning and forecasting of Site P&L
• Key site interface with other finance support teams and accountable for monthly business performance reporting and planning/forecasting
• Act as Compliance champion for site ensuring all internal control framework requirements and controls are compliant

Education, Experience & Skills

• ACCA, ACA finalist, MBA Finance
• At least 5-6 years of experience.
• Experience of supply chain finance/ business partnering is a plus
• Demonstrated financial knowledge of modelling, analysis, evaluation, forecasting, strategic planning, and decision making
• Understanding of systems and processes as they affect the financial results (Bison, MERP, Siera, Power BI)

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with operations and support functions providing embedded decision support, financial and option analysis and deep insight of performance delivery and resource allocations
• Lead key parts of monthly reporting and reviews with SMAS, plans and forecasts and provide commentary on key variances/business drivers and any actions required.
• Support site finance partner in signing off site income statement and balance sheet and forecast
• Support site finance partner in delivering site governance and other adhoc presentation creation
• Support site finance partner in detailed reviews of capital expenditure proposals and approve accordingly
• Prepare actual costings of manufacturing site skus and timely highlight any headwinds and tailwinds to site finance partner
• Support in standard setting exercise and Adhoc product costing requests.
• Act as Compliance champion ensuring all controls and compliance requirements are governed
• Ensure proactive and effective coordination between site finance and Close & Control teams, above country finance.
• Create non-standard financial analysis and trends to support decision making as required

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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