Principal - CSO PMO

GSK; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK Bengaluru seeks a Principal, CSO PMO to partner with the Cyber Security PMO and Tech Finance to drive spend analytics, budgeting and performance improvements across CSO projects. You will prepare monthly reports, extract data, build dashboards in Power BI, and ensure timely payments and contract management while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.

The role demands a Master’s degree and about 15 years of experience, with strong Excel skills and fluent English in a fast-paced global

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, CS, or related field.
• Total experience around 15 years with 3+ years as analyst/controlling specialist or similar.
• Fluent English and strong written/verbal communication.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to produce clear and concise management reports.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Ability to navigate multiple systems and collaborate across departments.
• Familiarity with financial processes such as purchase-to-pay, month-end, budgeting and planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear financial and business information to CSO projects.
• Publish monthly reports for CSO stakeholders with budgeting and forecasting details.
• Extract data from repositories and create dashboards.
• Ensure commercial transactions including payments and POs are managed promptly.
• Provide financial analysis and insights to support strategic decisions.
• Support vendor performance reviews and risk management for CSO.
• Identify improvements and automate day-to-day reporting where feasible.

Skills

Financial analytics

Excel proficiency

Data visualization

English communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in Finance or Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Power BI

SAP Ariba

SQL

Job description

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Job Purpose: The Principal, CSO PMO will work with the Cyber Security PMO and Tech Finance to support business leads on all matters relating to contract and cost data. The role will drive spend analytics to support management decisions, identify business efficiencies, improve internal performance by optimizing processes and facilitating change, and perform business analysis to define needs and develop benefit cases for change or process improvement projects.

About the team: The Cyber Security PMO partners with Tech Finance and CSO business leads to provide clear, accurate and timely financial and business information, manage commercial activity, support management decisions, and improve reporting and operational processes across the Cyber Security Office.

Key responsibilities

• Help the Cyber Security Office meet the need for clear, accurate and timely financial and business information on projects.
• Prepare and publish monthly reports for CSO stakeholders showing costing progress, including budget plans, forecasts, financial tracking and operational budget management.
• Extract data from repositories, support business information systems and create dashboards.
• Ensure commercial transactions are managed effectively and on time, including payments, purchase orders and cross-charging, with issues addressed promptly.
• Provide financial analysis, expertise and insight to support the development of strategies and management decisions.
• Support structured commercial performance reviews for key CSO vendors, monitor alignment with agreed contracts, and raise and elevate related risks and issues.
• Identify improvements and efficiencies in day-to-day reporting, automating activities wherever practical.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Overall 15 Years of experience, Minimum three years of experience as an analyst, controlling specialist, or in a similar business or finance role.
• Fluent English and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to produce clear and concise management reports.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical review skills, and a logical approach that uses process checks to identify whether data aligns with expectations.
• Ability to navigate multiple systems and collaborate across different departments.
• Familiarity with financial processes, particularly purchase-to-pay, month-end processes, reporting, budgeting and planning.
• Ability to build trusting and productive business relationships with colleagues from varied backgrounds across the Cyber Security Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of cyber security, or experience working within a Cyber Security Office.
• Experience using Power BI for data analysis, dashboards and visualization.

Typical tools and technologies

• Microsoft Excel
• Power BI
• business information systems and data repositories

#AGTech Skills

• AI Programming
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Change Management
• Compliance Risk Management
• Data Mining
• Executive Reports
• Financial Acumen
• Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (PBI)
• Portfolio Performance Management
• Portfolio Prioritization
• Problem Solving
• Project Management Governance
• SAP Ariba
• Scripting
• Shareholder Communications

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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