Lead - Reporting Specialist

GSK; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a Senior Reporting Specialist to drive accurate and timely financial reporting across SAP S/4HANA and legacy environments. You will collaborate with finance directors and cross-functional teams to influence decisions and support deployment activities globally.

The role emphasizes validation of end-to-end finance processes, UAT support, and ensuring IFRS-compliant reporting during the transformation period, with a focus on process improvement and robust governance.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent accounting qualification.
• 5–9 years' experience in financial reporting or audit.
• Strong MS Excel skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural teams.
• Preferred: Experience with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Support the SAP S/4HANA Dual Run, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across both legacy and S/4 environments.
• Perform detailed comparison and reconciliation of financial results between existing and S/4 systems.
• Partner with global S/4 programme teams, Market Finance teams and the Close & Control Hub to support deployment activities.
• Validate end-to-end finance processes, reporting outputs, master data, and controls for go-live readiness.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and process validation during deployment phases.
• Monitor the impact of system and process changes on financial reporting, controls, and compliance.
• Ensure IFRS-compliant reporting and maintain internal controls during transformation.
• Design and implement new reporting processes, controls, and governance in the S/4 environment.
• Develop reporting, reconciliation, and monitoring tools to support dual-run activities.
• Act as SME for Close & Control processes during transition to guide stakeholders.
• Support cutover, hypercare and post-go-live stabilization for smooth transition.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and optimize finance processes with S/4HANA.

Skills

Business Acumen

Cyber Risks

Data Analytics

Digital Fluency

Driving Continuous Improvement

Financial Controlling

Financial Management Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

As a Senior Reporting Specialist, you will work closely with a variety of stakeholders across the organization, including finance directors and cross-functional teams. By providing accurate and timely financial reporting, you will play a critical role in influencing key decision-making processes and contributing to the overall success of the business. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate across borders, drive continuous improvement, and have a direct impact on GSK’s strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the successful execution of the SAP S/4HANA Dual Run, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across both legacy and S/4 environments.
• Perform detailed comparison and reconciliation of financial results between existing and S/4 systems, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
• Partner closely with global S/4 programme teams, Market Finance teams and the Close & Control Hub to support deployment activities and issue resolution.
• Validate end-to-end finance processes, reporting outputs, master data, and controls to ensure operational readiness for go-live.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and process validation activities during various deployment phases.
• Monitor and assess the impact of system and process changes on financial reporting, controls, and compliance requirements.
• Ensure IFRS-compliant reporting and maintenance of effective internal controls throughout the transformation period.
• Support the design and implementation of new reporting processes, controls, and governance frameworks in the S/4 environment.
• Develop reporting, reconciliation, and monitoring tools to support dual-run activities and drive deployment readiness.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Close & Control processes during the transition, providing guidance to stakeholders across markets and project teams.
• Support cutover, hypercare and post-go-live stabilization activities to ensure a smooth transition into the new operating model.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and optimize finance processes enabled by S/4HANA capabilities.

Qualifications And Experience

• Degree or professional qualification in accounting (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent), or equivalent work experience.
• 5 to 9 years' experience in financial reporting or audit
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel
• Communicative written and spoken English
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural teams
• Preferred: Experience with SAP

Skills

Business Acumen, Cyber Risks, Data Analytics, Digital Fluency, Driving Continuous Improvement, Financial Controlling, Financial Management Reporting, 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

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