Vacancy at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Employment Nigeria
01-Apr-2017
LAGOS ,
Accounting
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),a leading research based pharmaceutical and healthcare company
POSITION : Finance Business Partner
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 teams in understanding financial information and assisting with decision making.
- Challenge Business Cases relating to sales activities to ensure accuracy and adequate return on investment. Monitor such business cases to demonstrate adequate return on investment.
- Support sales function to set and deliver sales targets, collection targets and operating expense targets.
- Ensure that all business risks are incorporated into the over Finance Risk Matrix and develop mitigation plans for any identified gaps.
P&L management:
- Provide detailed analysis Sales performance monthly and as required.
- Provide detailed analysis on G2N investment and work closely with the sales function to challenge and improve investment applied.
- Liaise with GMS team to understand COGS and identify opportunities to improve margins.
- Monitor COGS to ensure all variance to standards are escalated and understood.
- Ensure the revenue recognition policy is adhered to.
- Review, monitor and highlight variances. Investigating exceptions and facilitating corrective action.
- Provide sales related accruals/provisions to ensure completeness of month end reporting
- Understand Selling activities and support the team in managing cost control
Budgeting and Forecasting:
- Deliver sales elements of the annual planning exercise.
- Participate and challenge assumptions used to develop sales forecast as part of the CMF process.
- Work with various stakeholders in planning strategies and methodologies for the process
- Submit budgets and rolling forecasts in Unison
- Play a key role in the Profit review
Reporting and Working Capital Management:
- Work closely with the Financial Controller and Finance Director to review Debt and cash collection performance.
- Identify areas to improve working capital management and guide the sales team in development and implementation of initiatives.
- Ensure compliance to International Finance Reporting Standards ( IFRS)
- Timely submission of weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on sales, headcount, WC, NPD, etc
Basic Qualifications
Preferred qualifications:
- Must have strong Microsoft excel skills
- Strong leadership & influencing skills
Specialised Knowledge:
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to handle sensitivity/ confidentiality levels appropriately
- Analytical mind
- Customer focus and sense of urgency
- Ability to see macro scenarios and beyond numbers
- Ability to identify and implement process improvement
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