Finance Analyst
GSK Brentford
6 month contract
Pay: up to £180 per day
Graduate/Entry Position
Basic Qualifications
• Part qualified accountant (CIMA or ACCA finalist)
• Knowledge of budgeting, management accounting and management reporting, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Able to effectively manage time against agreed deadlines for activities.
• Expert level Excel skills, preferably with experience of MERPs and other GSK financial systems such as BISON, Dashboard, SB14/IPT, TM1.
• Good communicator, confident in interacting with all levels of individuals across a variety of internal functions (finance and non-finance) and customer groups
• Flexibility and ‘can do’ attitude, drive to ensure that task is achieved
• Team working skills are paramount in enabling the jobholder to function effectively, to provide and receive support within small team of colleagues.
Job Purpose
• Responsible for delivery of the end to end Management Accounting processes across the SMAS manufacturing Sites
• Aligning to a GMS Site for the purposes of reviewing results, preparing GMS Dashboard and liaising with Site teams on Budget and Standard Costing exercises
• To build strong working relationships with customer groups and stakeholders and drive continuous process and service improvement
• Ensuring that process activities are carried out in a robust and efficient manner and delivered accurately to SMAS Customer groups to agreed timelines
• Drive for excellence in SMAS processes and contributing widely to a high performance culture within the team.
• To support additional processes across the SMAS scope as required
Key Responsibilities:
• Primarily responsible for the delivery of SMAS processes in line with agreed process and Service Level Agreements.
• Ensure that the sites’ actual performance is accounted for and reported in an accurate and timely fashion for the assigned processes within the cluster
• Align and partner with Site Finance to review results, coordinate planning activities and ensure full compliance with GSK and accounting policies
• Responsibility for liaison with customer sites and stakeholders concerning assigned processes to build strong relationships, review performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• To manage own time appropriately to ensure assigned cluster processes are performed and deliver in line with agreed timelines, and according to standard work approach
• To seek development and improvement, to deliver a level of expertise in assigned process to the benefit of SMAS group and site customers.
• To actively support the SMAS culture of continuous improvement within the cluster and across the SMAS, driving for standardisation and improved performance.
• Support and delivery of additional management accounting processes assigned within SMAS as required.
• To operate according to agreed SMAS processes and in compliance with GSK policies and procedures.
Finance Analyst
GSK Brentford
6 month contract
Pay: up to £180 per day