Senior Finance Director - Digital & Tech Enterprise Capabilities & S/4 HANA Program
In today's rapidly evolving world, digital and technology play a pivotal role in driving innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage across all industries. At GSK, we recognize that embracing digital transformation is essential to staying ahead in the healthcare industry.
As the Senior Finance Director for the S/4 HANA and Enterprise Capabilities - Digital and Tech, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial and operational strategy of these critical areas during a time of rapid digital disruption. This role is pivotal in partnering with the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and his leadership team, to drive and deliver key enterprise-wide initiatives, including the multi-year global deployment of S/4 HANA and providing strategic oversight across the Digital & Tech functions.
You will demonstrate executive level financial leadership and strategic thought, influencing beyond financial parameters to communicate clearly to senior non-finance stakeholders. You will function as the independent adviser across topics such as enterprise risk, strategy, performance, and program execution.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Finance Director to support key enterprise-wide investments that are now at critical stages for GSK, particularly the S4 HANA program that encompasses our commercial, pharma manufacturing and vaccines businesses.
* Build high trust, high challenge relationships across key senior stakeholder groups within the business units, Digital & Tech, and Finance.
* Direct the creation of execution plans to ensure decision makers understand scenarios, alternative options, risks, and benefits.
* Be the independent, enterprise voice in the room that helps pull multiple perspectives together to ensure the right decision is made.
Key Responsibilities
* Strategic Financial Leadership: Provide comprehensive financial oversight, aligning financial strategies with business objectives to drive growth and efficiency.
o Input into decision making that drives critical business outcomes, such as operating model changes and investment into emerging technologies.
o P&L management & capital allocation into key investments.
* Partnership with CTO and VP ERP Delivery: Collaborate closely with the Chief Technology Officer to ensure financial strategies support overarching technology goals.
o Understand context and strategy to help prioritise initiatives.
o Convert tech deliverables into outcomes that support the business.
* Visible Leadership: Develop a wide network of contacts that can help identify and resolve issues proactively as they arise.
* Risk Management: Identify and mitigate operational & financial risks associated with this remit.
* Team Leadership: Mentor and develop a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
* Required to hold a qualified professional qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACCA).
* Significant progressive experience in financial leadership roles.
* Experience of working in a Digital/ Tech/ IT functional lead or leadership of a large scale transformation.
* Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Closing Date for Applications: 25 February 2025
Why GSK?
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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Our success absolutely depends on our people. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged, and challenged to be the best they can be.
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