Job Purpose
The Area P&F Lead manages and is responsible for supporting the area embedded finance team with periodic, project based and various other ad-hoc Finance Planning & Forecasting activities, along with responsibility to supervise and manage team of market supporting analysts. This position is responsible for the P&L and B/S related activities; planning cycles, sales flash reporting and actual P&L vs plan commentaries, PV reporting, Area MPR, along with support in overall monthly reporting, analytical and annual planning exercise – for Area as well as markets through team of analysts. Further this position will also be responsible for monthly Sales and Operations Cycle (S&OP) of Area. S/he is also responsible to coordinate, supervise, consolidate financial forecasting information, ensuring that managerial financial reporting is performed, in time and in the forms required by Corporate guidelines, facilitating managerial decision making under the leadership of EM P&F Director.
Education, Skills & Experience
ACCA, CIMA, CPA, MBA, BBA/BSc or local equivalent)
4-5 years of experience in planning & forecasting.
Solid Leadership Experience
Ability to provide solutions & recommendations to the In-market FD to resolve and help the business over deliver by accurately phasing the plan/forecast.
Understand how the ERP system automates and uses financial data and applies this knowledge to support problem solving.
Key Responsibilities
Manage, coach and be an effective customer to teams who prepare clear and meaningful insights & performance comments grounded in data to increase visibility of sales delivery and potential gaps through MPR / ME, CCC, Plan
Manage, coach and be an effective customer to teams who influence decision making and strengthen GSK’s Forecast and Plan through: Generating analysis & insights / hypothesis, asking relevant questions, challenge assumptions and participation
Lead the Area P&F activities in driving the Planning exercise (e.g. Plan, Rollover, Soft landing), including discussions with Area Finance team,
Review of FLIP (Standard Setting & Budget Rate) exercise, along with strong coordination with market analysts and other hubs (supporting Area) to ensure P&L/ BS is set on latest and correct assumptions.
Facilitate in review of plans through robust financial modelling, and technological tools (Power BI, Lumira, etc.)
Ensuring CF to Bison alignment and other system checks for the planning cycles, in line with PAMs.
Preparing Monthly Flash and Actual commentary for review of Embedded Area Finance Team.
Coordinate with Area business partners to finalise plan/ forecasts/ management reports
Carry out effective Risk and Opportunities profile on monthly rolling forecast basis and in plan activities to ensure potential movement of forecast in future in advance.
Supporting the P&F Director in bringing out efficiencies and innovation in the review/analytics process, including simplification and standardization initiatives
Drive the creation, update, and maintenance of the financial models for annual plan and monthly & quarterly forecasts.
Supporting in comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts & performing trend analysis
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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