Job Purpose
Are you energized by a finance role that allows you to build highly effective business partnerships with stakeholders, grow your network and add real value to the business and your career?
We are looking for Area Planning & Forecasting Lead with strong leadership skills and finance acumen to deliver exceptional planning and forecasting leadership to in-market Finance teams, commercial teams, and regional / area teams.
Success in the role requires the ability to think critically, positively challenge and influence key stakeholders at all levels. You will be instrumental in producing robust forecasts, insightful management information, and proactively identifying opportunities, and securing return on investments.
Education, Experience & Skills
University degree in Finance, Business (or equivalent)Professional qualification (e.g., CA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, MBA, BBA/BSc or local equivalent)
More than 4 Years’ Experience Demonstrable post qualification experience within a similar industry
Strong skills in modelling, analysis, forecasting, strategic/scenario planning, decision making
Understanding of financial systems and processes
Key Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end planning, forecasting exercise and core commercial cycle
Support the development, alignment, and communication of forecasts. Provide guidance to markets / area/ region and drive quality on time completion
Work with the Close & Control team to ensure accuracy of financial results and support financial compliance and financial risk management
Understand variances between actuals and plans/prior periods. Provide insightful intelligence on business performance drivers, identify risks, and propose interventions to meet targets. Challenge the business to produce stretching yet achievable forecasts
Preparing executive management reports and support decision making. Be the point of contact for questions on reports
Perform financial modelling/appraisal & build business cases, for example trend analysis / return on investment / forecast building. Distil outputs and provide a clear summary to in market Finance teams.
Jointly sign off plan and management results with the Finance Director
Actively seek system and process improvements and drive efficiencies with the regional teams
Join strategic projects as the subject matter expert on strategic projects
Navigate the cross-functional matrix and form an internal network to provide intelligence and gather information disseminated across the different areas. Partner in-market Finance teams, commercial teams, regional teams and the Close and Control hub
Supporting the P&F Director in bringing out efficiencies and innovation in the review/analytics process, including simplification and standardization initiatives
Promote a healthy culture within the organization by being a mentor to the analysts and coming up with creative trainings / topics for continuous development of the team.
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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