The Financial Controller manages and is responsible for the performance of an assigned Market and their Finance/Controllership Team as well as responsible to support/coordinate financial activities with the other Finance functions.
Delivering right first-time reporting and analysis which is insightful and supports the business to develop accurate plans in a strong controls and assurance environment. The role helps to deliver the Finance vision of a “world class finance function recognised by industry, the profession and our people” which underpins the GSK vision.
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:
Responsible for the accuracy and timely completion of monthly, quarterly and annually reporting of financial results for the Market and providing commentaries on results & variance analysis on P&L, Balance Sheet, Headcount, Cash flow etc.
Consolidation, analytics and interpretation of Market results to be presented to FD and LOC stakeholders.
Review financial information against historical run rates and future growth plans.
Own Market Balance Sheet and perform required reconciliations.
Take responsibility of the month end review process, OE reporting requirements, facilitating month end meetings
Coordination of Finance governance meetings
Maintaining Market Finance risk register & co-ordination with relevant parties.
Sign-off of statutory results together with the Market FD. This will also require co-ordination of activities across the other teams in Embedded Finance.
Responsible for inputs to the external / internal financial audits and reviews for their Market.
Driving annual activities such as: Annual Transfer Price reviews, Profitability reviews, Tax reviews.
Review and submission of Tax requirements.
Performance and review of Controls part of the Internal Control Framework (ICFW).
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance / Accounting
CPA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent is preferred.
7-8 years previous Finance experience in similar Controllership roles with exposure to Tax requirements.
Have extensive post-qualification experience as Finance Controller, preferably within a similar operating model and the same industry sector
Experience in working in financial accounting or auditing are preferred
Possess good Controllership/Finance experience including areas on financial accounting, reporting and statutory filing, master data maintenance, treasury, asset accounting, inter-company transactions, etc.
Must be fluent in English – both written and spoken
Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
Systems experience is preferred eg. SAP, Lumira, Power BI
Attention to detail, good analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Ability to plan and manage workload to ensure all key deadlines is met
Actively seeks to improve processes making them more effective and efficient
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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