Financial Oversight Specialist

Business Introduction

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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Our approach to R&D

Position Summary

You will manage financial controls, Purchase order oversight, and reporting to support better decision making for R&D services . You will work closely with finance, procurement, and technology partners to ensure accurate financial records and timely insights. We value people who are curious, collaborative, and committed to high quality work. This role offers growth through exposure to enterprise systems, cross-functional projects, and work that directly supports our mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities:

This role will give you the opportunity to lead key activities and develop your finance career. In this position, you will:

Maintain and review financial records, reconciliations, and month-end close activities to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Prepare clear financial summaries, variance analyses, and management reports for stakeholders, with a focus on purchase orders and invoices.

Partner with Procurement and Category teams to validate spend, contracts, and supplier financial data.

Support budgeting, forecasting, and cost monitoring projects with timely data and insights.

Help improve financial controls, processes, and documentation to reduce risk and increase efficiency.

Why You?

We are looking for someone who will bring care, clarity, and focus to our financial oversight. You will have the chance to shape processes, coach colleagues, and grow into broader finance or business partnership roles. You will be part of an inclusive team that values learning and respectful collaboration. This position is located in India and is on-site with hybrid working options as defined by the local team and role needs.

Basic Qualification

We are seeking professionals with the following skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Commerce, or a related field

Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent

5–8 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, audit, or procurement finance

Strong Excel skills and experience working with financial systems/ERPs

Good written and verbal communication skills in English to clearly present financial information

Ability to work collaboratively across teams and consistently meet deadlines

Experience with SAP, Oracle or other enterprise financial systems

Familiarity with procurement spend analytics, contract finance, or supplier reconciliation

Experience building or using dashboards/reports in Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools

Basic knowledge of data integration or scripting (e.g., SQL, Python) for finance reporting

What success looks like

You will be successful when financial records are accurate, reports are clear and on time, and stakeholders trust your analysis. You will make measurable improvements to controls and reporting. You will help teams make better decisions through clear financial insight.

How to apply

If this role feels like a good next step for you, we want to hear from you. Please submit your resume and a short note explaining what excites you about this opportunity and how your experience matches the role. We welcome candidates from different backgrounds and experiences.

Skills

Finance, Invoices, Purchasing

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Inclusion at GSK:

As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Please contact our Recruitment Team at IN.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.

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