Area Planning & Forecasting Lead

Job Purpose

The Area P&F Lead manages and is responsible for supporting the area embedded finance team with periodic, project-based, and various other ad-hoc Finance Planning & Forecasting activities, along with responsibility to supervise and manage team of market-supporting analysts. This position is responsible for the P&L and B/S related activities; planning cycles, sales flash reporting and actual P&L vs plan commentaries, PV reporting, Area MPR, along with support in overall monthly reporting, analytical and annual planning exercise – for Area as well as markets through team of analysts. Further, this position will also be responsible for monthly Sales and Operations Cycle (S&OP) of Area. S/he is also responsible to coordinate, supervise, consolidate financial forecasting information, ensuring that managerial financial reporting is performed, in time and in the forms required by Corporate guidelines, facilitating managerial decision-making under the leadership of the EM P&F Director.

Education, Skills & Experience

• ACCA, CIMA, CPA, MBA, BBA/BSc or local equivalent)
• 4-5 years of experience in planning & forecasting.
• Solid Leadership Experience
• Ability to provide solutions & recommendations to the In-market FD to resolve and help the business over deliver by accurately phasing the plan/forecast.
• Understand how the ERP system automates and uses financial data and applies this knowledge to support problem-solving.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and be an effective customer to teams who prepare clear and meaningful insights & performance comments grounded in data to increase visibility of sales delivery and potential gaps through MPR / ME, CCC, Plan
• Manage, coach, and be an effective customer to teams who influence decision-making and strengthen GSK’s Forecast and Plan through: Generating analysis & insights/hypothesis, asking relevant questions, challenge assumptions, and participation
• Lead the Area P&F activities in driving the Planning exercise (e.g. Plan, Rollover, Soft landing), including discussions with Area Finance team,
• Review of FLIP (Standard Setting & Budget Rate) exercise, along with strong coordination with market analysts and other hubs (supporting Area) to ensure P&L/ BS is set on latest and correct assumptions.
• Facilitate in review of plans through robust financial modelling, and technological tools (Power BI, Lumira, etc.)
• Ensuring CF to Bison alignment and other system checks for the planning cycles, in line with PAMs.
• Preparing Monthly Flash and Actual commentary for review of Embedded Area Finance Team.
• Coordinate with Area business partners to finalise plan/ forecasts/ management reports
• Carry out effective Risk and Opportunities profile on monthly rolling forecast basis and in plan activities to ensure potential movement of forecast in future in advance.
• Supporting the P&F Director in bringing out efficiencies and innovation in the review/analytics process, including simplification and standardization initiatives
• Drive the creation, update, and maintenance of the financial models for annual plan and monthly & quarterly forecasts.
• Supporting in comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts & performing trend analysis
  
  

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