Associate Director - Planning & Forecasting Manager

GlaxoSmithKline; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline in Bengaluru seeks a Planning & Forecasting Manager to lead a high-performing team, partner with senior stakeholders, and drive accurate forecasts and plans across the sub-region. You will build capabilities, own the P&F promise, and influence decision making with robust analysis.

You will coach analysts, develop financial modelling, and embed digital tools to improve planning. The role requires strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and a track record of delivering

Qualifications

• Proven people manager with experience leading and developing a finance team.
• 16 years of experience with strong modelling, analysis, forecasting, strategic/scenario planning, decision making.
• Understanding of digital, AI, automation and financial systems and processes.
• University degree in Finance or Business (or equivalent).
• Ability to connect with and influence business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the team, with reporting line management of the analysts for the markets whose results roll up to the sub-region.
• Own the P&F promise of teams across your sub-region to drive financial Plan commitments, ensuring reliability of forecast to support market guidance and smart resource allocation (P&F Standard scope, agreed exceptions and analysis requests)
• Planning and Forecasting partner to the sub-region Finance Head
• Supervise the development, alignment, and communication of plan, forecasts, core commercial cycle and management information
• Partner senior in-market and hub stakeholders to reflect a realistic and ambitious outlook, with potential swings clearly articulated
• Provide insightful intelligence on business performance drivers, anticipate risks and propose interventions to meet targets
• Challenge the business to produce stretching yet achievable forecasts
• Embed change and work with the team to keep improving how we plan and forecast, leveraging digital, automation, AI

Skills

Business Forecasting

Business Reporting Tools

Critical Thinking

Data Storytelling

Data Visualization

Digital Fluency

Financial Controlling

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Influencing Without Authority

Stakeholder Management

Education

University degree in Finance or Business (or equivalent)

Job description

Job Purpose

Are you energized by a finance role that allows you to lead a team, build highly effective business partnerships with senior stakeholders, grow your network and add real value to the business and your career? We are looking for a Planning & Forecasting Manager with strong leadership skills and finance acumen to lead & build team capabilities within the Planning & Forecasting Hub, own the P&F promise for your sub-region and partner Finance Directors and leaders. In this role you will build a high performing team with global reach. Success in the role requires the ability to lead, think critically, create accountability and influence senior stakeholders. You will be instrumental in managing the team to guide progress to our ambition by generating high quality, efficient, globally aligned forecasts, plans and analysis that give management confidence, support decision making and feed shareholder communication.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the team, with reporting line management of the analysts for the markets whose results roll up to the sub-region
• Own the P&F promise of teams across your sub-region to drive financial Plan commitments, ensuring reliability of forecast to support market guidance and smart resource allocation (P&F Standard scope, agreed exceptions and analysis requests)
• Planning and Forecasting partner to the sub-region Finance Head
• Supervise the development, alignment, and communication of plan, forecasts, core commercial cycle and management information
• Partner senior in-market and hub stakeholders to reflect a realistic and ambitious outlook, with potential swings clearly articulated
• Provide insightful intelligence on business performance drivers, anticipate risks and propose interventions to meet targets
• Challenge the business to produce stretching yet achievable forecasts
• Simplify how we work and drive conformity
• Embed change and work with the team to keep improving how we plan and forecast, leveraging digital, automation, AI
• Build strong financial modelling and skills across the team
• Create healthy accountability across your markets, ensuring promises are clear and delivered on time and in full
• Navigate the cross-functional matrix and build the internal network, working closely with stakeholders, being both a reliable partner and an effective customer of the services you depend on
• Be an ambassador for GSK's culture, code and One Finance

Basic qualifications / experience

• Proven people manager, with experience leading and developing a finance team
• 16 years of experience with strong skills in modelling, analysis, forecasting, strategic/scenario planning, decision making
• Understanding of digital, AI, automation and financial systems and processes
• University degree in Finance or Business (or equivalent)
• Ability to connect with and influence business stakeholders
• Skills: Business Forecasting, Business Reporting Tools, Critical Thinking, Data Storytelling, Data Visualization, Digital Fluency, Financial Controlling, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Influencing Without Authority, Stakeholder Management

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Inclusion at GSK: As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team at [e-mail] to discuss your needs.

Get 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 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.

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