New digital technologies are transforming and disrupting global economies at a pace never seen before. The pharmaceutical sector is no exception. At GSK we work to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people, to deliver our Innovation, Performance and Trust priorities. Technology and the capabilities it brings is a key enabler to our success.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the digital transformation and shaping the future of the company.

As Senior Finance Partner – ERP Optimisation & Global Products Technologies you will be the single point of contact within finance that enables an independent prioritisation of competing demand.

How you will contribute to our success:

• Finance Partner with multiple Vice President’s (within Tech and Finance) across a wide range of matters of commercial/ financial nature/ and procurement for the function. These will often be ad-hoc in nature, with no historical precedent to follow.

• Operate as a peer on leadership meetings (e.g. investment and risk boards). Building partnerships and strong relationships with all senior managers, with the objective that collectively we make optimal commercial decisions.

• To operate across the Global Process Owner community (GPO’s) to understand the investment demand pipeline, lead the creation of investment cases and socialise with respective business/ financial stakeholders. Responsible for ensuring accurate NPV, ROI and payback calculations are developed for each project and used for purposes of decision making at governance meetings.

• Provide analysis and delivery insight that links financial and business strategy. This will also include (but is not limited to) the presentation of financial performance, forecasts and variances including a thorough assessment of operational drivers/ risks and opportunities.

• Actively participate in and drive ad-hoc projects and transformation initiatives (dealing with high degrees of ambiguity and multiple conflicting deliverables).

• Lead the creation of enterprise investment cases (e.g. enterprise upgrade in SAP to Hana S4) and the resulting global deployment programme.

• Responsible for annual 3/1 Plan submissions for ERP, Master Data Management.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• University degree in Finance/Economics or other relevant specialization

• Professional finance qualification (CIMA, ACCA) desirable

• Min. 5 years of experience in a commercial environment, and demonstratable commercial acumen/ decision making

• Experience in working on Transformation or Technology global improvement projects

• Excellent interpersonal skills to influence senior decision-makers

• Demonstrable strategic thinking

• Effective communication skills and ability to interact with & influence providers and customers remotely

• Fluency in English