Management Accounting Lead

Business Introduction
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.

Position Summary
You will lead management accounting activities that deliver timely, accurate financial information and insight for assigned entities. You will work closely with finance leaders, commercial and supply chain partners, shared services and external providers. We value clear thinking, practical problem-solving and collaboration. This role offers visible impact, steady career growth and the chance to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Lead the month-end management close for assigned entities, ensuring accurate P&L and balance sheet postings and timely delivery of management packs.
- Own and maintain balance sheet reconciliations and control activities, investigate variances and drive timely resolution with stakeholders.
- Prepare concise financial analysis and commentary to support commercial, supply chain and leadership decision-making.
- Partner with commercial, supply chain, tax, shared service teams and external vendors to ensure transactions are recorded and controlled correctly.
- Manage relationships with shared service providers or BPOs to monitor delivery and improve process efficiency.
- Support process improvements and reporting automation, including ERP updates and reporting tool enhancements.

Why You?
This role is based in India and follows a hybrid working pattern. You will combine on-site collaboration with agreed remote days. We are looking for a practical, curious and reliable finance professional who communicates clearly and builds strong working relationships. You will broaden your technical and leadership skills while making a direct impact on how finance supports our business and our mission. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage applicants who may need adjustments during the recruitment process.

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals
- Degree or professional accounting qualification (for example ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent practical accounting experience.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in management accounting, financial reporting or statutory accounting.
- Strong working knowledge of IFRS and month-end close processes.
- Practical experience with SAP or similar ERP systems and strong Excel skills.
- Proven ability to prepare reconciliations, variance analyses and clear management commentary for stakeholders.
- This role is hybrid, with regular on-site collaboration as agreed with your manager.

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus
- Experience working with shared service providers, third-party BPOs or managing external delivery partners.
- Familiarity with internal control frameworks such as SOX and experience supporting audits.
- Exposure to supply chain finance, intercompany accounting or trading partner finance processes.
- Hands-on experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau or SQL for analysis and automation.
- Track record of coaching or leading small teams and mentoring junior accountants.
- Experience in finance transformation, ERP migration projects or S/4HANA deployments, including testing and cutover support.

Working pattern
This role is hybrid and based in India. You will work on-site regularly and have agreed remote days with your manager.

Apply now
If you are motivated by practical finance work that supports important decisions, we want to hear from you. Please apply and tell us how your skills and experience will help our team and our mission. We welcome people from all backgrounds and will discuss any adjustments you may need during the recruitment process.
Skills
Business Acumen, Cyber Risks, Data Analytics, Digital Fluency, Driving Continuous Improvement, Financial Controlling, Financial Management Reporting, Stakeholder Management

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 [email protected] to discuss your needs.

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