Senior Financial Reporting Specialist at GSK in Poznan Pastelowa

Senior Financial Reporting Specialist

Location: Poznan Pastelowa · Hybrid (Remote & On-site)

We are looking for an experienced Senior Financial Reporting Specialist – Global Alliances & Licensing to join the GSK Finance Hub – Europe. This role offers visible impact, accelerated learning and the opportunity to deepen your financial reporting and business partnering skills while contributing to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

You will report to the Financial Reporting Team Leader – Global Alliances & Licensing and work closely with stakeholders at all levels, from analysts to senior management, further building both your financial reporting and business partnering capabilities.

The role is embedded in the wider GSK Corporate Finance function, with opportunities to collaborate across the organisation and take an active role in continuous improvement, digital initiatives and team-wide projects. The successful candidate will develop financial reporting and business partnering skills with stakeholders of varying seniority across Finance and other functions, including C&C, R&D, Legal, Supply Chain, GSK Global Treasury, Trading Partner Finance & Operations and Tax/Transfer Pricing.

Key Responsibilities:

Contract and Royalty Management

• Manage your own portfolio of complex licensing agreements.
• Prepare summaries of royalty contracts and payment packs and deputize for the Team Leader when required.

Controls, Compliance and Audit

• Ensure compliance with contractual financial reporting requirements to third parties and with internal SOX controls.
• Act as key contact for internal and external audits.

Month-End, Forecasting and Cash Flow

• Lead month-end / period-end processes: analyse entries, prepare and review journals (including monthly royalty accruals), perform balance sheet reconciliations and commentary, and fulfil associated SOX responsibilities, ensuring a timely close.
• Prepare annual budget royalty rates, royalty income, royalty expenses and trade payables for your product portfolio.
• Perform cash flow reporting and analysis.
• Analyse actuals versus plan and prepare concise, assumption-driven variance explanations.
• Support critical month-end reporting processes and ensure timely, accurate delivery of financial reports.

Reporting, Data and Transformation

• Support Finance transformation initiatives, including SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and S/4HANA reporting projects, partnering with technical and data teams to design sustainable, scalable reporting solutions.

Business Partnering and Stakeholder Management

• Develop strong business partnerships and act as a trusted advisor on financial reporting capabilities, identifying opportunities to improve business insight. Support ad-hoc analysis and decision-support requests from senior stakeholders.
• Work across cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and reporting standardisation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or equivalent professional qualification.
• 3–4+ years’ finance and accounting experience in a corporate environment, including experience in a control / SOX environment.
• Deep expertise in month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting and management reporting.
• Strong knowledge of accounting and management reporting concepts, including double entry and accruals, with IFRS awareness.
• Experience with SAP (e.g. S/4HANA) and SAP Analytics Cloud or similar planning systems.
• Strong analytical, data visualisation and storytelling skills in a financial context; highly proficient in MS Excel.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in English (minimum C1), confident with senior and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Organised, detail-oriented team player with strong time management skills, proven problem-solving ability and a flexible, “can-do” attitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced SAP (including S/4HANA) experience in a Finance or reporting environment is a strong asset.
• Progress towards or completion of a professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent).
• Experience with data analysis and visualisation platforms such as Power BI (or similar) to enhance financial storytelling and dashboards.

Candidates who do not meet all Preferred criteria are still encouraged to apply if they meet the Basic Qualifications.

Work Arrangement:

This role follows a hybrid working model. You will be expected to work on-site in Poznań 2–3 days per week, be available for in-person collaboration.

Benefits:

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
• Contract of employment
• Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit)
• 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
• Supportive community and integration events
• Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday
• Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers.

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Business Forecasting, Business Reporting Tools, Critical Thinking, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Digital Fluency, Financial Controlling, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Influencing Without Authority, Stakeholder ManagementPolish Salary Range / Polski przedział wynagrodzenia: PLN 127,500 to PLN 212,500The 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. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. 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. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the 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. Prosimy pamiętać, że poziom wynagrodzenia różni się w zależności od kraju i jest ustalany na podstawie umiejętności, doświadczenia, poziomu wykształcenia oraz rynkowego poziomu wynagrodzenia dla danego stanowiska. Oferty są zazwyczaj przedstawiane w granicach wskazanego przedziału, z uwzględnieniem umiejętności, doświadczenia i kwalifikacji kandydata, przy czym górna granica jest zwykle zarezerwowana dla kandydatów o bardzo dużym doświadczeniu lub w innych wyjątkowych okolicznościach zgodnych z tymi kryteriami.

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