Job description Posted 02 May 2019

Finance Manager

GSK House, Brentford

8 Month Contract

Pay: up to £420 per day

Job Purpose

The Consumer Healthcare EMEA Region is a complex business, incorporating markets in multiple continents, organized into five Commercial Areas; Northern Europe, Southern Europe, DACH, Central & Eastern Europe including Russia, and Middle East & Africa. The performance of the GMS markets within the Region are also consolidated into the total Region performance.

The Regional Finance team are responsible for the financial leadership of the Region including; leading the performance management cycle, delivery of performance targets, financial planning, management of financial / business risks, and input into the Region commercial strategy (particularly with respect to investment choices and ROI). Close co-operation with Sector and Area stakeholders is essential to understand & manage interdependencies and to lead Financial planning & analysis activities at the Area level.

The Regional Finance team report into the EMEA Region VP Finance, and support the EMEA Region Leadership team, and are led by the Director of Financial Planning & Controller, who is currently supported by Two Finance Managers.

Success in the role requires the ability to manage complexity, to interface with senior management and to have/develop strong commercial competencies.

Key Responsibilities

Financial management and governance:

• Coordination and review of consolidated management accounts (actuals, forecasts, plan) to assist Region Controller in signing off income statement and balance sheet

• Performing above country month end SARBOX controls

• Manage submissions to Sector (actuals, forecasts, plan, & other data collections) and review for completeness and accuracy based on knowledge of the business

• Variance analysis for EMEA Region Finance organization expenditure

• Key point of contact to resolve day to day issues for Areas & Markets

Finance Business Partnering

• Facilitate monthly performance reviews through collecting performance commentaries from Areas and collating at Regional level

• Provide analytical support and nonstandard financial analysis on an as needed basis for Region VP & Region Controller

• Challenging and calling out adverse performance trends and highlighting level of ambition and risk in forecasts and plans

• Monitoring and tracking above country trade spend agreements with international customers and managing cross charges back to the markets

• Simplification & Projects

• Advocate for, and support finance system developments & enhancements; IPT, BISON, CERPs, CF

• Support improvement in key financial processes, ways of working, and systems

• Support work steams to implement improved commercial performance measures across the Region

Complexity

• Ensure proactive and effective coordination across interfaces with Corporate/Sector finance, FAPR, Area & in-market finance, and Supply chain finance teams.

• Work across diverse market environments, demonstrating an understanding of business practices across multiple markets.

• Manage within a multi-currency environment.

Basic Requirements

• Demonstrating developing attributes of successful Finance Partnering Capabilities:

- ENTERPRISE MINDED – Works to ensure that Area strategies are aligned with Regional strategies and inter-dependencies are appropriately managed.

- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS – Proactively builds effective relationships with Finance and non-Finance stakeholders across the Region and with FAPR, to influence on broad range of issues.

- QUESTIONING AND CHALLENGING – Is able to provide appropriate balance of support and challenge.

- BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE – Is able to develop a working understanding of the business in the Region to build a platform for appropriate challenge and to provide insight.

- TECHNICAL FINANCE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE – Is able to act as an escalation point for in-country Finance teams for systems and accounting issues.

Specifically

• Experience working with multiple stakeholders, with ability to gain trust, build working relations, influence, and challenge.

• Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to bridge communications gap between finance and non-finance. Also, ability to work across different cultures.

• Ability to understand the External Consumer Healthcare environment, the way markets operate and to demonstrate commercial acumen.

• Experience working in cross-functional teams and across a matrixed environment in the finance function of a global organisation.

• Track record of being proactive, delivering superior performance and making a difference.

• Proficient financial knowledge of modelling, forecasting and analysis.

• Ability to work under pressure with a high level of first-time accuracy and manage multiple priorities.

• Knowledge of GSK key financial processes and systems (BISON, IPT)

• Excellent computer skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Preferred Requirements

• Professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, MBA, or local equivalent)

• Experience working in a Commercial P&L environment


Additional information about the process

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply.