Finance Director, Netherlands and Ireland

1936 GlaxoSmithKline B.V.; Amersfoort; Híbrido; EUR 180.000 - 260.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

GlaxoSmithKline plc is seeking a Finance Director for the Netherlands and Ireland Local Operating Companies. You will be the Commercial Finance lead, owning full P&L responsibility, partnering with GMs and leadership teams to drive £300m+ in revenues with year-on-year growth and strong competitiveness.

You will influence strategy, manage budgets, forecasts and scenario planning, and work across commercial, supply chain, and insights teams to deliver robust financial insights and performance.

Formación

• Finance or business degree and/or Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA or international equivalent).
• Demonstratable experience in financial roles and business partnering.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in financial modelling, scenario planning and investment appraisal for decision‑making recommendations in complex business challenges.
• Demonstrated experience in financial planning/ forecasting, including understanding of financial systems and processes (CERPS, Bison, CF/CCC, VISTA).

Responsabilidades

• Driving Dutch and Irish LOC P&L management and headcount, leading as a core member of leadership teams.
• Lead monthly performance reviews and variance analysis of sales, brand profit and KPIs.
• Lead strategic portfolio analysis and scenario planning to support brand decisions.
• Drive annual budget setting for cross-functional teams with focus on SG&A optimisation.
• Deliver monthly DRM and annual plans with robust forecasting and risk identification.
• Support launch forecasts for pipeline opportunities and input pricing discussions.
• Provide timely financial analysis at month-end to support reporting and decision making.
• Partner with pricing governance teams to optimise profitability and access.
• Understand market dynamics and ROI to guide investment decisions.
• Lead scenario planning to maximise resource use and investment decisions.
• Deliver margin and cashflow improvement through cost controls and benchmarking.
• Coordinate ad hoc analyses and external stakeholder communications.

Conocimientos

Financial acumen

Stakeholder communication

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Dutch language fluency

Educación

Finance degree or professional qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA)

Herramientas

CERPS

Bison

CF/CCC

VISTA

Descripción del empleo

Business Introduction

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 oncology‑haematology, vaccines, respiratory‑immunology‑inflammation, and HIV 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 role of Finance Director for Netherlands and Ireland Local Operating Companies (LOC’s) is an opportunity to join the Europe One Finance community and drive performance across our region. Both markets are highly innovative flagship markets in the Northern & Western Area with strong year on year growth driven by innovations and new launches, strong competitive performance and talented team. In this role, you will act as the Commercial Finance lead for both LOC’s partnering with the GM’s and the Leadership teams to deliver targeted revenues £300m+ with year‑on‑year growth and external competitiveness. As a key member of both Leadership Teams, you will support strategy development and decision‑making with critical financial insights, including pipeline launches and resource allocation to achieve business objectives. Your mission is to be a true business partner, providing a strong voice in challenging and influencing decision‑making. This involves interfacing with senior stakeholders, commercial teams and regional finance, providing strategic financial input, identifying opportunities and driving performance. You will have full P&L responsibility including sales forecasting, SG&A management and resource allocation to ensure profitability and support GSK’s commitment to growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving Brand Performance P&L Management: Full understanding and accountability for the Dutch and Irish LOC P&L’s and headcount, acting as a core member of both leadership teams.
• Performance Analysis: Lead cross‑functional monthly performance reviews (MPR’s) and perform variance analysis of business unit results (sales, brand profit, KPIs), identifying performance gaps and proposing corrective actions.
• Strategic Planning: Lead strategic portfolio and brand analysis, and scenario planning, to influence and support brand planning and business decisions for the therapy area LT.
• Resource Allocation: Drive the annual budget setting process for the cross functional therapy area teams, with focus on strategic resource allocation and proactive identification of risks and opportunities. Support the commercial teams in tracking their budgets and seeking opportunities for SG&A optimisation.
• Financial Forecasting & Reporting Forecasting (Core Commercial Cycle): Partner with commercial, supply chain, and insights teams to deliver monthly DRM, annual plans, and soft‑landing estimates, aligning and challenging assumptions and identifying risks and opportunities.
• Launch Support: Support launch forecasts for pipeline opportunities, utilizing data sources and scenario planning to input on volume assumptions and pricing discussions.
• Financial Reporting: Ensure accurate and timely financial analysis at month‑end, providing insights to analyse performance and support financial entries.
• Pricing Optimization & Market Dynamics Pricing Governance: Partner with Market Access and other experts to support pricing approval governance; provide recommendations for pricing decision and challenge pricing through sensitivity analysis to optimize profitability and access.
• Market Analysis: Understand overall market dynamics, relative market positioning of products, market access situation, and future trends.
• Investment & Growth Opportunities ROI Analysis: Model investment and growth opportunities to support decision‑making, identifying potential opportunities to optimise resource allocation using ROI.
• Scenario Planning: Lead scenario planning to maximize resource use and support the business in making investment decisions.
• Margin & Cashflow Enhancement: Deliver margin enhancement initiatives through innovative cost control and utilise both internal and external benchmarking for best‑in‑class cost management.
• Project Management & External Coordination Project Management: Work on ad hoc projects, supporting the GMs and leadership teams with management presentations and critical insights.
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Conduct ad hoc financial and business modelling to support the GMs and other stakeholders.
• External Coordination: Act as the point of contact for finance to key external strategic partners, tax, treasury, and audit to protect GSK’s interests.

Additional information

• Reporting line: Senior Finance Director Northern & Western EU
• Position level: Director
• People management: 2 direct reports and 4 indirect reports
• Primary location: Amersfoort (NL)
• Secondary location: / Presence onsite: hybrid
• Business travel: approximately 10%

Basic Qualifications

• Finance or business degree and/or Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA or international equivalent).
• Demonstratable experience in financial roles and business partnering.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in financial modelling, scenario planning and investment appraisal for decision‑making recommendations in complex business challenges.
• Demonstrated experience in financial planning/ forecasting, including understanding of financial systems and processes (CERPS, Bison, CF/CCC, VISTA).

Preferred Qualifications

• Breadth of experience across different business areas.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and in cross‑functional teams, within a matrix environment.
• Ability to establish a high level of credibility and forge strong working relationships with business stakeholders; clearly presenting insights to influence and challenge.
• Ability to work in and drive change in a complex, fast‑moving environment with multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated risk management, process improvement, and project management skills.
• Fluency in Dutch.

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.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at [e-mail] where you can also request a call. Please note should your inquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

We are a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting 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 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. Find out more on our career site.

Application end date Sunday, November 15th, 2026 EOD CET