Your responsibilities

• You will be responsible for a small commercial entity in Europe, excelling in finance and learning about the local market as well as overall biopharma business
• Your core goal will be to deliver a timely period end close (including analytical reviews) and ensure full compliance with IFRS and SOX requirements
• On a monthly basis you will present and discuss the full entity results with local Finance Director (your key stakeholder)
• Your activities will include analysis of accounts, preparation & review of journals, preforming a set of internal control activities, etc.
• You will collaborate with broader financial team, including Planning and Forecasting Analysts, Regional Controllers and GSK Operations Centre (delivering transactional accounting)
• You will be reviewing high risk account reconciliations prepared by GSK Operations Centre, driving quality and resolution of open items, assessing balance sheet health and addressing risks
• You will collaborate with external provider to ensure local statutory reporting and tax filings are submitted on time and materially correct, providing limited input, sense-checks and monitoring
• You will assist in resolving queries or issues as well as support annual audit process
• You will be reviewing financial data pack as an input for group consolidation and resolving related queries

Our requirements

• Master degree in Finance
• 3+ years of overall combined accounting/audit and/or financial controlling experience
• Thorough understanding of key accounting principles
• Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting or relevant successful professional experience equivalent
• Savvy in data-driven environment
• Fluent English for Business/Finance/Accounting (daily use at work)
• Proven continuous learning mindset
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders based in different countries

Optional

• Experience in cooperation with senior stakeholders and data presentation
• Good understanding of financial and reporting systems and data flow
• Prooven collaboration with auditors
• Mixed experience in audit (2+ years) and business environment (2+ years)
• Accounting qualifications (CIMA, ACCA, KIBR) part-qualified or completed
• Experience and expertise in IFRS
• Fluent user of SAP FI/FC and BI, Lumira, PowerBI or similar analytical solutions

What we offer

• Competitive salary, annual bonus plan

• Healthcare benefits (medical care, life insurance, pension scheme, sports card, recreation allowance, social fund, preventive healthcare services)

• Financing of ACCA/CIMA certifications

• 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