What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Partner position at GSK?
Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Posted Date: Feb 27 2025
GSK is currently looking for a Finance Partner to join our team in Philadelphia, PA. This role serves as the finance point for finance partnering activities related to strategy and decision making with critical business insights. This person will partner extensively with Commercial Business Unit Directors, their teams, and matrixed partners to ensure financial targets are met and business ambition is adequately supported by Finance. This role will support teams with in-line and pipeline assets.
Success in the role requires:
Key Responsibilities:
Support the US Oncology Business Teams on all aspects of business partnering and provide financial assistance to the members of the Oncology Business Unit for all elements within the BU Finance Partner role:
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
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.
If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or 1 801 567 5155 (outside US).
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
Posted Date: Feb 27 2025
GSK is currently looking for a Finance Partner to join our team in Philadelphia, PA. This role serves as the finance point for finance partnering activities related to strategy and decision making with critical business insights. This person will partner extensively with Commercial Business Unit Directors, their teams, and matrixed partners to ensure financial targets are met and business ambition is adequately supported by Finance. This role will support teams with in-line and pipeline assets.
Success in the role requires:
- The ability to comprehend and explain complex financial information and analysis to all levels of stakeholders across GSK and establish strong relationships with those stakeholders. The incumbent will also have demonstrated the ability to manage multiple priorities as well as the ability to work independently and take the initiative when needed.
- A high comfort level with financial systems and strong Excel skills.
- Ability to adapt to change, constantly look for opportunities to improve process, participate in multi-function projects and focused on the competitive/external environment.
- Strong project management skills to guide complex projects and processes to success.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the US Oncology Business Teams on all aspects of business partnering and provide financial assistance to the members of the Oncology Business Unit for all elements within the BU Finance Partner role:
- Strategy and Performance Management: Assist ICBT teams in development and refinement of financials in line with strategy and market understanding. Ensure strong KPIs and expectations are clearly constructed and support appropriate assessment of performance.
- Data driven resource management and decision making: Support the Brand teams to ensure funding decisions are aligned to strategy and optimized using insights such as marketing mix models and market research to maximize impact and margin enhancement.
- Delivery of key planning, forecasting and performance cycles: Support creation, accuracy and timely submission of key financial processes such as Core Commercial Cycle (CCC), Plan, Operating Plan, Marketing Mix, Monthly Consensus Forecast (MCF), FRCs and eFRCs and monthly deliverables.
- Organization engagement: Prepare and present weekly, monthly, and ad hoc management commentary and presentations. Navigate and lead in a cross function matrixed environment.
- Continuous improvement mindset and focus: Drive standardization, simplification, and improvement of systems and processes
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics or Business (or equivalent degrees with Finance qualification e.g., ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, or local equivalent)
- 5 years’ experience of financial support
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Good knowledge of GSK Finance standards, systems, and processes, such as SAP/CERPs and Bison
- Experience of working in a business advisory environment – analyzing complex data and clearly presenting insights and complex financial information in a simple and compelling way to non-finance audiences.
- Experience of working in matrix organizations and complex change management projects. Ability to interact across a wide group of stakeholders.
- Excellent influencing and engagement skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and challenge based on expertise and personal credibility.
- Experience working in business / functional unit / commercial P&L environment - it is considered desirable (but not essential) to have experience of financial partnering in a contract central environment within GSK or elsewhere.
- Demonstrated financial knowledge of modeling, analysis, evaluation, forecasting, strategic planning, and decision making.
- Experience and understanding of change leadership and continuous improvement tools.
- Effective knowledge of all accounting standards, including IFRS, US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by creation of a network of key partners within Finance and the business and the ability to bridge communications gap between finance and non-finance.
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.
If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or 1 801 567 5155 (outside US).
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
