Senior Financial Analyst

Job Purpose

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for operation of accounts payable. Ensuring all tasks are completed timely and accurately in a strong control environment. The role helps to deliver the Finance vision of a "world class finance function recognized by industry, the profession and our people" which underpins the GSK vision.

Strong expertise with accounting principles to ensure correct application to financial statements. The role also needs to be able to accurately implement controls & compliance for audit and work closely with other finance and business stakeholders including internal and external auditors.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelor's degree/ Masters degree in related field (Business, Finance) OR equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in an Accounts Payable role with a focus on any one or more viz. Invoice processing, Payments, Travel & Expense and/or Vendor Data Management
• Proficiency in SAP, Concur
• Proficient within Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Experience working for pharma/biotech company preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring invoices are processed accurately, vendors are paid within contractual terms, travel and expense (T&E) reimbursements enforce to company policy and are paid timely and processed accurately and Vendor data is managed effectively and accurately.
• Perform all aspects of invoice processing including but not limited to Reverse/Cancel Posted Invoice, Credit Note, Down Payment Request, One Time Vendor Invoice, Invoice Scanning & Data Entry, Manage Invoice Exceptions
• Ensure complete and accurate capturing of Payment transactions including generation of Payment Proposal for review and approval, performing threshold review of items on the Payment Proposal, submitting the payment proposal in ERP for payment and performing payment reviews of one-time vendor/urgent payments
• Process new and maintenance supplier/vendor requests in the ERP accurately and timely, ensure that requests follow established policies and procedures, and adhere to SOX and other controls, provide support with supplier inquiries.
• Daily tracking and allocation of volumes for the respective process for timely completion in adherence of Service Level Agreement.
• Involvement in all aspects of preparing invoices and expense reports for payment including, but not limited to; inputting to the financial reporting system, coding and verifying correct ledger codes, reviewing, in detail, all the supporting documentation.
• Independently work to resolve discrepancies with departments or individuals throughout the firm.
• Provide process updates, attend dashboards calls and respond to critical issues
• Conduct audit of invoices and expenses to ensure compliance with company policies and to protect GSK from fraud, waste and abuse.
• Establish effective relationship with different partners within and outside the organization through written and verbal communication.
• Creation of supplier into ERP Application
• Vendor statement reconciliations
• Resolution of suppliers queries, major discrepancies
• Training other team members regarding the daily tasks whenever necessary and requested by the manager

Why GSK?

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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