Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Planning & Forecasting Finance Analyst

This is a unique opportunity to be part of our European Planning & Forecasting Team in Warsaw where you will develop your business partnering skills and drive your career to the next level.

As a Finance Analyst, you will provide planning & forecasting support to a variety of stakeholders. Working within our technology-enabled P&F Team, you will help to manage the preparation of in-market forecasts, prepare monthly management reports and other Finance-related deliverables.

In this role you will…

• Work with your finance and other colleagues in your assigned country to create Forecasts, Plan and Update exercises
• Be accountable for creating, updating and maintaining financial models to provide detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts for the market
• Perform variance analysis and comment on performance making recommendations of improvements going forward
• Understand the link between plan & actuals, partner with the business to define future growth plans
• Evaluate and apply assumptions for volumes, pricing, clawbacks, COGS
• Prepare working capital / SG&A expenses projections
• Use new technologies to provide reports on a regular basis to facilitate managerial decision making
• Encourage a one finance team sense of belonging from different geographies.
• Drive your market to the defined standard ways of working

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration or Finance
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Finance preferably gathered in financial planning, budgeting, controlling and analysis in a multinational company and/or FMCG/Pharma industry/Big 4/consulting
• Expertise in creating or extracting information from/to excel and use of advanced formulas
• Proficient financial knowledge of analysis, evaluation, modelling and forecasting with strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong spoken and written English
• Desire to take ownership of the tasks
• Coordination, planning and organisation skills - demonstrated ability to prioritise workload in order to meet critical deadlines
• Positive attitude, energises team and can influence it to tackle problems
• Effective communications skills

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong reporting writing and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a matrix structure
• Maintaining good relationships with stakeholders
• Self-independence
• Knowledge of SAP would be an asset

Why GSK?

• We are a high performing talented team who support our businesses in making the right decisions and driving GSK Finance towards best-in-class
• Career with purpose - whatever it is you’re doing, you’ll be sharing our mission to improve the quality of human life, by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer
• Possibility of developing within the role and company’s structure
• Additional benefits (bonus plan, medical care, life insurance, pension scheme, sports card, recreation allowance, social fund)
• Access to newest technologies and solutions
• Integration events
• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
• Supportive & friendly working environment
• Corporate culture based on our values: patient focus, integrity, respect and transparency
• Full list of our benefits: GSK Poland Hub (absotools.pl)