Associate Director - Finance Controlling / Entity

gsk; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK in Bengaluru seeks an Associate Director - Finance Controlling to lead financial reporting, controls, and partnering across multiple markets. You will oversee a Controllership team, ensure right-first-time reporting, and drive process improvements in a multinational, regulated environment.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive post-qualification experience, and proficiency with SAP/S4HANA, Lumira and Power BI, with excellent English communication across global stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years post-qualification experience in managing teams
• Finance Controllership and partnering in a large organisation
• Experience in GBS/BPO environment and transformations

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy of financial reporting and controls for Commercial Markets
• # Maintain high standards and quality of financial deliverables
• Oversee month/quarter/year-end activities and P&L/Balance Sheet reviews across markets
• Lead Controllership team and coach staff; develop succession plans
• Drive continuous improvement, automation and standardisation of reporting processes
• Engage stakeholders to resolve issues and drive improvements across

Skills

Team leadership

Financial Controlling

Analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

SAP/S4HANA

Power BI

Lumira

Digital fluency

English fluency

Education

MBA

Accounting degree

ACCA/CIMA

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Power BI

Lumira

Job description

Associate Director - Finance Controlling / Entity

is responsible for the delivery of financial reporting and controls activities of a Cluster of Commercial Markets / Global Entities through the respective Controllership teams supporting the local market’s Finance Directors and their embedded Finance Partnering teams. The role is responsible for maintaining high quality standards delivering right first-time financial reporting, analysis which is insightful and supports the business to develop accurate business plans in a strong controls and assurance environment and with focus on minimizing risks.In addition, the role is responsible for oversighting and managing a team of finance professional and their performance.

Role & Responsibilities

• Accountable for the accuracy of the reporting of financial results and controls for Commercial Markets part of the respective Cluster / Global Entities.
• Maintain high standards and quality in terms of delivering financial requirements and controls within the set timelines.
• Provide oversight & direction for all aspects of the financial month end / quarter end / year end activities and review processes of P&L and Balance Sheet, including co-ordination of activities across markets in the Cluster / Region / Global, Genpact and any other third parties.
• Able to provide guidelines in terms of all relevant accounting standards, policies, best practices and any other regulations
• Compliant with all aspects of the internal / external financial control environment
• Oversight of the statutory accounting process, external and internal financial audits.
• Support and contribute into business review meetings as appropriate
• Managing a Controllership team who are responsible for the financial activities of the different Commercial Markets of the Region / Global entities and engaging with different Finance Directors and Finance Partners.
• Drive individual & team performance, develop / coach / mentor team members and create strong succession plans for key roles while fostering engagement and motivation in the team.
• Drive and support local as well as Global/GFS projects as required.
• Drive Continuous Improvement initiatives, standardization, and improvement to the delivery of financial reporting & analysis including local, regional and BPO teams.
• Engage with stakeholders at different level to drive resolution of issues / challenges and drive improvements across.

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Economics or related field and/or MBA
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) is an advantage.
• Extensive (7+ years) post qualification experience in managing teams of a sizeable organization and experience in Controllership and Finance Partnering preferably within a similar operating model and pharmaceutical industry.
• 16 yrs of experience into finance process.
• Extensive experience in finance processes and associated technology platforms. Knowledge of Finance processes is key to support the team and provide expertise to stakeholders, and develop appropriate solutions.
• Experience of working in a GBS environment and also managing a BPO for a sizeable company
• Demonstrated track record of driving process improvements, automation and standardisation initiatives
• Highly developed leadership skills, including ability to lead and inspire a large organisations.
• Ability to network and effectively communicate and partner with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Experience working on Transformations project and/or Global Process initiatives
• Ability to identify and resolve issues, demonstrate problem‑solving capabilities and strong commercial acumen
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, multicultural and global environment supporting multiple countries / entities globally
• Previous experience of working with SAP/S4Hana, Lumira, Power BI, Agentic AI
• Excellent in challenging the status quo of reporting requirements and driving Digital developments.
• Fluency in English is a requirement.

Skills

• Business Acumen
• Cyber Risks
• Digital Fluency
• Driving Continuous Improvement
• Enterprise Thinking

  Skills