Senior Finance Partner - General Medicine

GlaxoSmithKline plc; Poznań; On-site; PLN 272,000 - 454,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or car allowance

Long-term incentives

Private medical package

Sports cards

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline plc in Poland is seeking a General Medicines Senior Finance Partner to drive performance across Europe One Finance. You will act as the Commercial Senior Finance Partner for the General Medicines portfolio, delivering financial insights and supporting decision‑making with a strong business voice.

You will manage P&L, forecasting, budgeting, and pricing governance, partnering with commercial, supply chain and market access teams while maintaining robust financial controls.

Qualifications

• Finance or business degree and/or Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA or international equivalent).
• 5+ years’ experience in financial roles and experience in financial modelling and forecasting.
• Demonstrated experience in financial planning/ forecasting with understanding of CERPS, Bison, CF/CCC, VISTA.

Responsibilities

• Driving Brand Performance: Analysis of sales, SG&A, profit, headcount, and working capital.
• P&L Management: Support BU P&L and headcount to hit targets.
• Resource Allocation: Aid annual budget setting and optimize resource use across cross-functional teams.
• Financial Forecasting & Reporting: Deliver DRM, plans, and soft-landing estimates with challenge to assumptions.
• Launch Support: Model volume/price impacts for pipeline launches.
• Financial Reporting: Ensure timely financial analysis and accurate month-end entries.
• Pricing Optimization & Market Dynamics: Support pricing governance with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Financial planning

Analytical thinking

Education

Finance or business degree

Professional qualification (ACA/CIMA/ACCA/CPA/MBA)

Tools

CERPS

Bison

CF/CCC

VISTA

Job description

Reporting to the Regional Finance Director, the role of General Medicines Senior Finance Partner is an opportunity to join the Europe One Finance community and drive performance across our region. In this role, you will act as the Commercial Senior Finance Partner for the General Medicines portfolio across the European Markets and will be directly involved in driving business performance and supporting decision‑making with critical financial insights. Your mission is to be a true business partner, providing a strong voice in challenging and influencing decision‑making. This involves interfacing with commercial teams and regional finance, providing financial analysis and insights and identifying opportunities for optimization and growth. You will be responsible for sales forecasting and SG&A management to ensure profitability and support GSK’s commitment to growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Driving Brand Performance Performance Analysis: Contribute to the performance management and analysis of business results, building strong understanding of market dynamics (Sales, SG&A, Profit, Headcount, Working Capital).

P&L Management: Full understanding of the Business unit P&L and headcount, supporting the business in achieving their targets.

Resource Allocation: Support the business in the annual budget setting process for the cross functional therapy area team, with focus on optimising resource allocation and management of risks and opportunities. Support the commercial team in tracking their expenses throughout the year, proactively identifying opportunities.

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, understanding and challenging assumptions and identifying risks and opportunities.

Launch Support: Support launch forecasts for pipeline opportunities, utilizing data sources to model volume assumptions and impact of pricing decisions.

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, performing analysis of impact of pricing decisions to support decision making.

Applicant Profile

Basic Qualifications / Experience

Finance or business degree and/or Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA or international equivalent). 5+ years’ experience in financial roles. Experience in financial modelling and forecasting, and using analysis to drive decision making. Demonstrated experience in financial planning/ forecasting, including understanding of financial systems and processes (CERPS, Bison, CF/CCC, VISTA).

Preferred Qualifications / Experience

Strong learning agility. Experience working in cross-functional teams and across a matrix environment. Ability to connect with and influence business stakeholders at all levels. Ability to clearly communicate insights and complex business and financial information in a simple and compelling way to non-finance audiences. Financial partnering experience in the Pharma sector. Ability to work in and support change in a complex, fast-moving environment with multiple priorities. A learning mindset; continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and challenge existing ways of working. Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Long-Term incentives
• Contract of employment
• Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefits
• 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
• 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 Case Development
• Business Forecasting
• Data Storytelling
• Digital Fluency
• Enterprise Thinking
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Performance Improvement
• Influencing Without Authority
• Insight Generation
• Intrapreneurship

Salary Range

Polski przedział wynagrodzenia: PLN 272,250 to PLN 453,750.

The 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.

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.

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.

Roczny przedział wynagrodzenia zasadniczego brutto dla nowo zatrudnionych osób na tym stanowisku został wskazany powyżej dla każdej właściwej lokalizacji. Przedziały te uwzględniają szereg czynników, w tym umiejętności kandydata, doświadczenie, poziom wykształcenia oraz rynkowy poziom wynagrodzenia dla tego stanowiska. W zależności od stanowiska i obowiązujących polityk wewnętrznych, rola ta może również uprawniać do otrzymania premii (jeśli ma zastosowanie i jest przyznawana na podstawie określonych, obiektywnych kryteriów) oraz/lub nagród za wyjątkowe wyniki (przyznawanych według uznania pracodawcy). Wszystkie świadczenia ustawowe będą zapewnione zgodnie z przepisami prawa polskiego. Mogą być także oferowane dodatkowe benefity, takie jak prywatna opieka medyczna, dodatkowe płatne dni wolne, ubezpieczenie na życie, prywatny plan emerytalny oraz w pełni płatny urlop rodzicielski i urlop na opiekę nad członkiem rodziny. Bardziej szczegółowe informacje na temat całkowitego pakietu wynagrodzenia i świadczeń przypisanego do tego stanowiska zostaną przekazane podczas procesu rekrutacyjnego. Przedziały wynagrodzenia dla innych krajów mogą być również widoczne, ponieważ na niektórych rynkach obowiązują przepisy dotyczące jawności wynagrodzeń, które wymagają zamieszczania takich informacji w ogłoszeniach o pracę, a wskazane lokalizacje mogą stanowić potencjalne miejsce wykonywania tej roli. Jeśli przedział wynagrodzenia nie jest podany w ogłoszeniu dla konkretnej lokalizacji lub kraju, odpowiednie informacje o wynagrodzeniu zostaną omówione w trakcie procesu rekrutacyjnego.

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