Finance Director Egypt

As Finance Director Egypt, you will provide financial leadership to GSK Egypt; partner with the General Manager and key stakeholders in setting and achieving financial targets for the business. You’ll provide insightful financial analysis and input to optimize resource allocation and ROI for the business, and establish a robust financial internal control framework to ensure the compliance to the policy, statutory and tax regulations. Finally, you will directly manage and lead the Finance Department of GSK Egypt.

• Lead the development, preparation & presentation of strategic plans, budgets & forecasts for GSK Egypt Listed entity
• Review the operations of the businesses, making necessary analysis & recommendations to local management to enable delivery of financial targets
• Provide insightful financial and business input to decision making and evaluation of strategic options to optimize resource allocation and ROI. Provide key counsel to the General Manager on business issues
• Lead & manage the preparation of monthly, interim & annual accounts so that they are complaint with local & corporate statutory guidelines
• Manage credit control policies & working capital to optimize cash flow generated from operations
• Lead development of short, medium, and long-term plans for the business
• Provide product analysis /profitability for sales /marketing decisions
• Ensure rigorous review and challenge of funding proposals ensuring compliant practices and effective ROI
• Provide finance support to business cases and new launches
• Close liaison with the area team
• Development of talent within the GSK Egypt finance team

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a multinational organisation
• Demonstrated experience in financial management and accounting theory & practices
• Demonstrate resiliency & adaptability to lead the finance function in a complex, marketing driven environment
• Proven leadership skills and team builder, with ability to motivate, coach & develop people
• Leverage accounting knowledge to assist attainment of business objectives
• Benchmark efficiency against other operations & recommend strategies

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Master’s degree in Finance
• Experience in the pharma industry

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE – 12 February 2025

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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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