GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.

Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.

Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Finance Business Partner (m/f/d)

(Full-time, 38.5 hours/week)

In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to join the Europe One Finance community as the Finance Business Partner for Austria. This market is characterized by its predominantly innovative portfolio and strong growth ambition, driven by portfolio expansion through new asset launches, additional indications, and the inclusion of adult vaccines in the National Immunization Program.

As the Commercial Finance Partner for Austria, you will play a critical role in driving business performance and supporting strategic decision-making by delivering essential financial insights. You will act as a true business partner, challenging and influencing decisions while collaborating closely with commercial teams and regional finance.

Your responsibilities will include sales forecasting, SG&A management, and providing actionable financial analysis to identify opportunities for savings and growth. This role is pivotal to ensuring profitability and supporting GSK’s commitment to innovation and sustainable growth in Austria.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving Brand Performance
• Performance Analysis: Contribute to performance management and business result analysis, building a strong understanding of market dynamics (Sales, SG&A, Profit, Headcount, Working Capital)
• P&L Management: Develop a full understanding of the P&L and headcount, supporting the business in achieving targets
• Resource Allocation: Assist in the annual budget-setting process for the cross-functional therapy area team, focusing on optimizing resource allocation and managing risks and opportunities. Support the commercial team in tracking expenses throughout the year, proactively identifying opportunities
• Financial Forecasting & Reporting
• Forecasting (Core Commercial Cycle): Collaborate with commercial, supply chain, and insights teams to deliver monthly DRM, annual plans, and soft-landing estimates, while understanding and challenging assumptions and identifying risks and opportunities
• Launch Support: Assist in launch forecasts for pipeline opportunities by utilizing data sources to model volume assumptions and assess the impact of pricing decisions
• Financial Reporting: Ensure accurate and timely financial analysis during month-end, providing insights to evaluate performance and support financial entries
• Pricing Optimization & Market Dynamics
• Pricing Governance: Collaborate with Market Access and other experts to support pricing approval governance by analyzing the impact of pricing decisions to enable informed decision-making
• Market Analysis: Develop an understanding of overall market dynamics, relative market positioning of products, market access scenarios, and future trends
• Investment & Growth Opportunities
• ROI Analysis: Model investment and growth opportunities using ROI analysis to support business investment decisions as opportunities arise
• Margin & Cashflow Enhancement: Drive margin enhancement initiatives through innovative cost control, leveraging internal and external benchmarking to achieve best-in-class cost management
• Projects and Ad Hoc Analysis
• Project Management: Contribute to ad hoc projects, supporting the Finance Director and leadership team with management presentations that highlight critical insights and recommendations
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Perform ad hoc financial and business modeling to assist business unit leads and other stakeholders

Qualifications & Skills

• A finance or business degree and/or a professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA, or an international equivalent)
• Relevant experience in financial roles, demonstrating a strong understanding of key financial principles and processes
• Foundational experience in financial modeling and forecasting, with the ability to use data analysis to support informed decision-making and strategic recommendations
• Proven expertise in financial planning and forecasting, including familiarity with financial systems and tools such as CERPS, Bison, CF/CCC, and VISTA
• Languages: Fluency in English is required; German language skills are considered a plus but are not mandatory
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and effectively influence business stakeholders across various levels of the organization
• Ability to translate complex business and financial data into clear, concise, and compelling insights for non-finance audiences, enabling better decision-making

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Strong learning agility and a proactive mindset, with the ability to quickly adapt to new challenges, absorb new information effectively, and continuously seek opportunities to enhance skills, embrace challenges, and drive innovation by questioning and improving existing processes
• Prior experience working within cross-functional teams and navigating a matrix environment to achieve shared goals
• Proven ability to thrive and support organizational change in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with competing priorities and tight deadlines

Market-conform annual gross salary starting from 85.000,00 € with the possibility of higher compensation depending on your qualifications and relevant experience.

Are you interested? We look forward to receiving your online application.

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