Planning & Forecasting Senior Analyst

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 a Planning & Forecasting Senior Analyst with leadership skills and finance acumen to lead Planning & Forecasting processes, grow capabilities and deliver exceptional planning and forecasting support to in-market Finance teams.

Success in the role requires the ability to think critically, positively challenge and influence key stakeholders. You will be instrumental in producing robust forecasts, insightful management information, and proactively identifying opportunities, and securing return on investments.

Key responsibilities

• Support Business Partners in the development, alignment, and communication of the 5-year long range forecast, plan & rolling forecasts
• Co-ordinate, supervise, and consolidate financial forecasts
• Responsible for the core commercial cycle
• 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. 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 internal 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.
• Navigate the cross-functional matrix and form an internal network to provide intelligence and gather information disseminated across the different areas. Work closely with in-market Finance teams and the Close and Control hub
• Jointly sign off plan and management results with the Finance Director
• Support requests from Corporate Finance teams​

Why You?

Basic qualifications / experience

• Strong skills in modelling, analysis, forecasting, strategic/scenario planning, decision making
• Understanding of financial systems and processes

Preferred qualifications / experience

• University degree in Finance or Business (or equivalent)
• Ability to connect with and influence business stakeholders

Why GSK?

How you will be rewarded:

• We are a high performing talented team who support our businesses in making the right decisions and driving GSK Finance towards best-in-class

• Career with purpose - whatever it is you’re doing, you’ll be sharing our mission to improve the quality of human life, by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer

• Possibility of developing within the role and company’s structure

• Additional benefits (bonus plan, medical care, life insurance, pension scheme, sports card, recreation allowance, social fund)

• CIMA/ACCA qualification support (Approved Employer)

• Access to newest technologies and solutions

• 60% remote work available based on the agreement with Line Manager

• Integration events

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies

• Supportive & friendly working environment

• Corporate culture based on our values: patient focus, integrity, respect and transparency

Inclusion at GSK:

As an Inclusive employer, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team at pl.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.

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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.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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