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Form of workSite Lead Finance Partner, Finance Director Rockville (MA)
The role will be based at Rockville (Maryland) USA
As Site Lead Finance Partner, you will lead and deliver the site Finance function and financial support as the primary interface to the business, member of the site leadership team, including definition and implementation of the Site strategies and policies to optimize operations and improve competitiveness.
The Site Lead Finance Director will be a key partner in providing decision support, insights, counselling and challenge for both Site and Finance community. The successful candidate will play a key role with significant responsibility and exposure on executing our Pharma Supply Chain (PSC)strategy.
Job Purpose includes but not limited to:
In this role you will:
About you:
The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and will have dealt with complex matters. They will be comfortable in having tough conversations with Senior Leaders.
We are looking for someone who can work effectively across boundaries - both cultural and functional. This international role requires partnership with other business areas, companies and countries, meaning a flexible communication style and astute cultural awareness are highly valued. You will be managing a small team so leadership capability is a must.
This role will require the candidate to be present at the Rockville site at least 3 days a week.
Why you?
Qualifications and skills:
Preferred qualifications and skills:
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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.
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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.
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.
At GSK, the health and safety of our employees are of paramount importance. As a science-led healthcare company on a mission to get ahead of disease together, we believe that supporting vaccination against COVID-19 is the single best thing we can do in the US to ensure the health and safety of our employees, complementary workers, workplaces, customers, consumers, communities, and the patients we serve.
GSK has made the decision to require all US employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, where allowed by state or local law and where vaccine supply is readily available. The only exceptions to this requirement are employees who are approved for an accommodation for religious, medical or disability-related reasons.
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 GSK's Transparency Reporting For the Record site.
The role will be based at Rockville (Maryland) USA
As Site Lead Finance Partner, you will lead and deliver the site Finance function and financial support as the primary interface to the business, member of the site leadership team, including definition and implementation of the Site strategies and policies to optimize operations and improve competitiveness.
The Site Lead Finance Director will be a key partner in providing decision support, insights, counselling and challenge for both Site and Finance community. The successful candidate will play a key role with significant responsibility and exposure on executing our Pharma Supply Chain (PSC)strategy.
Job Purpose includes but not limited to:
- Actively participate in the definition and implementation of the Site improvement strategies and policies as a member of the Site Leadership Team, providing input and option analysis for decision making.
- Lead, manage and optimize the financial performance of the Site, in collaboration with the Site Leadership Team, Value Stream and the Support Function including Forecasting and Finance reporting cycles.
- Ensure regulatory compliance of accounting statements and monthly Group Reporting, including sign-off with external group auditors.
- Standardize reporting practices and tools.
- Ensure an influential role in Global Finance and operational structures of PSC.
In this role you will:
- Provide leadership and opinion/financial analysis to Site Director and Site Leadership team in line with leadership expectations.
- Ensure adherence to challenging financial targets by close financial management. Ability to manage the financial targets that are allocated to site in terms of P&L, Balance Sheet and Working capital.
- Optimize site financial performance & competitiveness to deliver margin improvements.
- Define and participate in the implementation of site strategies in accordance with the policies and regulations of the Group.
- Facilitate the communication of results and drive opportunities and corrective actions if necessary.
- Provide decision support/financial consulting to the Business Units' Leadership team and PSC senior executives.
- Ensure an influential role in cross-functional and cross-site activities, as well as with external stakeholders.
- Lead Financial Compliance including adherence to Finance.
- Manual, Internal Control Framework and ABAC/TPO programme.
- Ensure the standardization and simplification of financial process, tools and data (reporting, budget, etc.).
- Coaching and talent development of the Site Finance Team.
About you:
The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and will have dealt with complex matters. They will be comfortable in having tough conversations with Senior Leaders.
We are looking for someone who can work effectively across boundaries - both cultural and functional. This international role requires partnership with other business areas, companies and countries, meaning a flexible communication style and astute cultural awareness are highly valued. You will be managing a small team so leadership capability is a must.
This role will require the candidate to be present at the Rockville site at least 3 days a week.
Why you?
Qualifications and skills:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Accounting and/or Finance.
- 5+ to 10+ years' experience in finance preferable in the pharmaceutical or Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).
- 5+ to 10+ years' experience in Financial Compliance including Statutory reporting, control framework, and internal and external audit experience.
- 5+ to 10+ years' experience working and understanding ERP (SAP)systems as they affect the financial results including excellent data and computer skills.
Preferred qualifications and skills:
- MBA preferred. Strong Business Partnering skills.
- Demonstrated business skills with integrity and independent judgment to understand the underlying business drivers.
- Experience as the Finance Lead of a Business Unit's Leadership Team.
- Broad knowledge of the pharmaceuticals business, accounting and finance, strategic and business planning, and budgeting.
- Experience with the manufacturing and supply environment and systems, including cost accounting experience, highly desirable.
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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.
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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.
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.
At GSK, the health and safety of our employees are of paramount importance. As a science-led healthcare company on a mission to get ahead of disease together, we believe that supporting vaccination against COVID-19 is the single best thing we can do in the US to ensure the health and safety of our employees, complementary workers, workplaces, customers, consumers, communities, and the patients we serve.
GSK has made the decision to require all US employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, where allowed by state or local law and where vaccine supply is readily available. The only exceptions to this requirement are employees who are approved for an accommodation for religious, medical or disability-related reasons.
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 GSK's Transparency Reporting For the Record site.
