Financial Analyst UK & Ireland

Galderma; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global pharmaceutical company seeks a finance professional to drive business strategy and support planning and analysis in the UK & Ireland market. Responsibilities include managing trade spend, collaborating with marketing and sales teams, and ensuring accurate financial reporting. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, at least 3 years of experience, and be fluent in English. Join a workplace that values diversity and offers a competitive compensation package with a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Bonus structure

Extended benefit package

Personalized career path

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Flexibility to work in quickly changing environments.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive business strategy and controlling processes.
• Support Rolling Forecasts for Sales and OPEX.
• Act as finance business partner to marketing and sales teams.

Skills

Business strategy implementation

Financial analysis

Presentation skills

Experience in Pharmaceutical or FMCG

UK GAAP knowledge

Flexibility in a fast-paced environment

IT skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Mainframe accounting systems

PBCS reporting tool

Job description

Overview

This role will support the Business Planning & Analysis activities within the fast-growing UK & Ireland market, providing insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to the business leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving and implementing business strategy for cluster of markets. Supporting the execution of set strategies for UK&I organization and the correct and timely implementation of business controlling processes and ensure adherence thereof.
• Support Rolling Forecast for Sales and OPEX and agree rolling forecast by brand with relevant managers, including timely submission of forecast in reporting tool (PBCS). Coordinate with Global Business Services for timely and accurate submission.
• Review monthly Sales submission, including RIG / OG analysis and manual exceptions if applicable
• Management of Trade Spend entries and accruals at month-end
• Review and approval of purchase requisitions in Coupa to ensure adherence with approved budget envelope
• Act as finance business partner to marketing and sales teams and provide support in evaluating new product launches, trade spend initiatives and monthly KPI’s
• In collaboration with Accounting, responsible for timely and accurate submission of performance P&L in PBCS (including performance reporting of inventory and samples)
• Proactively drive performance and carry out value-added analyses on financial data: Trade Spend Analysis, Sales trends, COGS analysis, Customer Profitability Analysis, Functional Expenses, NPV
• Ensure adherence with Galderma Internal Control Framework (GICFR), as applicable

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics or related field. Master´s degree is preferred.
• Fluent in English
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role, ideally within the Pharmaceutical / FMCG industry or consulting background
• Flexibility to work in a fast paced, quickly changing work environment and ability to operate in a global matrix environment
• Strong presentation skills : the ability to understand situations, interdependencies, and challenges in a holistic way; and a proactive attitude are must.
• UK GAAP and IAS Contractual knowledge (or similar experience from other countries)
• Experience of mainframe accounting systems and good IT skills
• Meet timely deadlines

What we offer in return

• You will be working for an organization that embraces diversity & inclusion and believe we will deliver better outcomes by reflecting the perspectives of our diverse customer base.
• You will receive a competitive compensation package with bonus structure and extended benefit package.
• You will be able to work in a hybrid work culture.
• You will participate in feedback Loops, during which a personalized career path will be established.
• You will be joining a growing company that believes in ownership from day one where everyone is empowered to grow and to take on accountability