Job description Posted 01 October 2018

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.




Additional information about the process

Finance Analyst

GSK Brentford

6 month contract

Pay: up to £180 per day