Finance Analyst - Group FP&A

ACCA Careers; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 128,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Life insurance

Private medical package

Pension plan

Sports cards

Flexible working

Job summary

The Finance Analyst will join the Group FP&A team in Poland or the UK to support financial planning, forecasting and month-end activities across group functions. You will work with finance partners to turn data into clear, actionable insight and help drive better business decisions.

This role offers visible impact, fast learning, and the opportunity to grow FP&A skills within a global leader. Hybrid work model: on-site in Poland 2–3 days/week with remote work for the rest.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years post-graduation FP&A or related finance experience.
• Experience with SAP and analytics/planning tools (e.g., SAC).
• Strong Excel modelling and accounting knowledge.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning and forecasting processes, formalising the Group forecasts.
• Identify and deliver process improvements and automation to enhance data quality and efficiency.
• Support ad-hoc analyses and decision-support requests from senior stakeholders.
• Analyse actuals versus plan and provide concise variance explanations.
• Prepare and post month-end journals with embedded finance for accurate accounting.
• Build and update financial models and self-serve reporting for planning cycles.
• Refresh plan analyses and corporate templates for review and analysis.

Skills

Financial forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication in English

Financial modelling

Business partnering

Critical thinking

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business

Progress toward ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

SAP Analytics Cloud

Excel

Power BI

Power Query

SQL

Python

Job description

Description

The Finance Analyst will join the Group FP&A team in Poland or the UK to support financial planning, forecasting and month-end activities across group functions. You will work closely with finance business partners and stakeholders to turn data into clear, actionable insight. We value curiosity, collaboration and practical problem solving. This role offers visible impact, fast learning, and the chance to grow your FP&A skills while contributing to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Description

The Finance Analyst will join the Group FP&A team in Poland or the UK to support financial planning, forecasting and month-end activities across group functions. You will work closely with finance business partners and stakeholders to turn data into clear, actionable insight. We value curiosity, collaboration and practical problem solving. This role offers visible impact, fast learning, and the chance to grow your FP&A skills while contributing to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the GSK financial planning and forecasting processes, performing business analysis to formalise the GSK forecasts.
• Identify and deliver process improvements and automation to improve data quality and efficiency.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and decision support requests from senior stakeholders.
• Analyse actuals versus plan and prepare concise, assumption-driven variance explanations.
• Prepare and post month-end journals and work with embedded finance to ensure accurate accounting.
• Build and update financial models and self-serve reporting to support planning cycles.
• Prepare corporate instructions for planning exercises, review submission templates and presentations, and refresh plan analysis reports.
• Reconcile submission sign-off files with the financial consolidation systems.
• Refresh actuals analysis files to review the monthly progress towards plan achievement for segments and regions.
• Preparation and refresh of corporate templates to review and perform analysis on the plan.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or any of this equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum 3 years post-graduation experience in FP&A [Financial Planning and Analysis], financial planning, forecasting or related finance role.
• Experience with SAP [Systems, Applications, and Products] and SAP Analytics Cloud or a similar planning system.
• Experience with Excel and building financial models.
• Experience with accounting principles and month-end close processes.
• Experience in delivering written and verbal communication in English language.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in group FP&A, corporate finance or financial reporting.
• Experience with Power BI [Business Intelligence], Power Query, SQL [Structured Query Language] or Python for data analysis and automation.
• Experience with long-range planning and scenario modelling.
• Experience producing management dashboards and self-serve reporting.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and working across cross-functional teams.
• Progress towards or completion of a professional accounting qualification (ACCA [Association of Chartered Certified Accountants], CIMA [Chartered Institute of Management Accountants], ACA [Associate Chartered Accountant] or equivalent).

Work Arrangement

This role follows a hybrid working model. You will typically be expected to work on-site in Poland 2-3 days per week and remotely for the remainder.

Why GSK?

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies.
• Contract of employment.
• Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit).
• Life insurance and pension plan.
• Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible.
• Sports cards (Multisport).
• Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure.
• Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online training’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external training).
• Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & well-being activities).
• Supportive community and integration events.
• Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday.
• Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers.

Skills

• Business Forecasting
• Business Reporting Tools
• Critical Thinking
• Data Analytics
• Data Visualization
• Digital Fluency
• Financial Controlling
• Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Influencing Without Authority
• Stakeholder Management

Polish Salary Range / Polski przedział wynagrodzenia: PLN 127,500 to PLN 212,500The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria