At GSK Finance Hub we are inspired by the difference we make and challenge ourselves every day to improve the lives of patients and consumers. We are a high performing talented team which support our businesses in making the right decisions and driving GSK Finance towards best-in -class.
Your Responsibilities:
We are creating a new Regional Finance Hub team in Poznan who will be part of a global network of regional Finance hubs responsible for Planning & Reporting and Close & Control activities as well as more complex accounting activities such as Production Accounting.
The teams in the regional Finance hubs will work together to share best practice and knowledge working closely with our HQ Finance teams in London.
We are planning to employ about 80 highly-skilled professionals.
You support the Financial Manager in delivering the transformation and the service performance for one of the Record to Report Process for Europe (inc. UK), fixed assets accounting (FA), master data management (MDM), inventory/ ICT accounting (INV) and intercompany accounting (ICO).
You actively support the Service Delivery of the remote Service Provider located in India (performing transactional activities) and drive continuous improvement and troubleshooting issues faced by the BPO while keeping Regional R2R Operational Performance Lead and Financial Reporting teams abreast of potential challenges & proposed recommendations.
During the set-up phase of Poznan location, the Process Improvement Expert will have a key role to play to ensure transition of activities to BPO are underpinned by robust knowledge transfer & training plans leading to well-trained BPO teams returning to India. This will be an opportunity for the PIE to deepen his/her knowledge of the process
Post-transition, your responsibilities will include but not exhaustively:
Build in depth R2R process & system knowledge for defined area to support BPO on issue resolution, including identification of workaround to mitigate impact and agreeing right level of escalation and working with CERPS Functional Consultant, GPO (Global Process Owner) and R&C (Risk & Compliance) on root cause analysis, work around and risk mitigation
Creating and delivering trainings to build remote BPO and local user knowledge
Cooperating with the Global Process Owner and Service Delivery Lead as well as regional Leader on process transformation, Systems or Technology, introducing improvement initiatives and escalating exceptions and ongoing issues
Reviewing and monitoring Controls to drive remediation and action plan to ensure risk are mitigated and recommend design improvement to Risk & Compliance
Engage with CRM on customer and performance process challenges
BASIC:
Accounting degree or qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
Knowledge of area of specialization (fixed assets accounting or master data management or inventory accounting or intercompany accounting)
Working knowledge of IFRS
Minimum 5 years of experience post qualification
Experience of working on a Process or Technology improvement project
Experience of working with SOX
Experience of working in a corporation environment
Fluent English (minimum C1)
Knowledge of SAP is mandatory
Excellent communication and analytical skills
Outside of the box thinking and problem-solving skills
Working knowledge of Lean management tools & techniques
Willingness and availability to take part in migration processes
PREFERRED:
A second European language is a bonus
Experience as R2R Super User or Subject Matter Expert for are of specialization preferred
FMCG / Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
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