Finance Business Partner, Consumer Healthcare - CH at GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK)

Your Responsibilities:

To support the Head of Finance in all aspects of Business Partnering and Management Reporting and Control. Responsible for all elements of the management P&L and commercial performance of East Africa CH. To work closely with commercial departments as a business partner to deliver the short, medium and long term objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Management, Business Partnering and Decision Support
  • Driving a process of continuous improvement in business partnering which enhances the understanding of the Executive and Senior Management teams of their key financial performance drivers and business performance issues.
  • Support the Sales and Marketing teams in strategic brand decisions- efficient investment behind brands, timely delivery of profitable NPIs, Nielsen report analysis and reviews.
  • Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
  • Ensure viability of Business Cases and Proposals for promos, NPI and ad- hoc projects.
  • Participating in and contributing to Senior Management meetings as requested by the Head of Finance.
  • Supporting the Head of Finance in contributions to the development and delivery of Corporate Plans and objectives for the Organization.
  • Dedicated Finance Business Partner to Sales and Marketing.
• P&L Management
  • Active management of gross margins, cogs, cogs mix and gross to net ratios for East Africa.
  • Ensure proper governance on revenue recognition including accuracy and adequacy of Sales Accruals on the balance sheet.
  • Own the month- end accrual process for A&P and General OPEX.
  • Drive performance and decisions of various P&L components for East Africa CH.
  • Review, monitor and highlight variances.
  • Investigating exceptions and facilitating corrective action.
• Budgeting and Forecasting- East Africa CH Operations
  • Support the complete budgeting & forecasting process for East Africa CH operations.
  • Own the budgeting & forecasting process for specific market cluster within the East Africa CH business.
  • Work with various stakeholders in planning strategies and methodologies for the budgeting process.
  • Ensure accuracy of budgets and rolling forecasts submitted to above country.
  • Play a key role in the profit reviews.
  • Represent Finance at the monthly sales & marketing/ pre- DRM meeting to provide insights and drive alignment of content and output with the overall business objective.
  • Drive implementation of budget assumptions in Price reviews- ensure tracking mechanism is in place.
• Reporting and Governance
  • Deliver monthly Sales, OPEX, A&P and Finance Dashboard to all relevant internal stakeholders.
  • Timely submission of the various regional/ above country reports on sales, PV analysis, innovation, gross margins, headcount, working capital.
  • Ensure compliance to International Finance Reporting Standards ( IFRS).

Why You?

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Finance
• Recognized, professional accounting qualification
• Minimum 6 years experience in a busy finance environment

Preferred qualifications:

Strong business partnering experience