Senior Management Accounting Lead
About the role
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 for manufacturing and supply chain across our India operations. You will partner with site finance, supply chain finance and global teams to deliver accurate product costing, month-end close and clear management reporting. We value collaboration, practical problem solving and attention to detail. This role offers visible impact, strong learning and the chance to grow your career while helping GSK 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 product costing for assigned manufacturing groups, ensuring accurate unit costs and timely cost roll-ups.
- Own month-end production accounting, reconciliations and preparation of clear, actionable management reports.
- Act as the primary finance contact for manufacturing sites, site finance partners and supply chain finance on costing and accounting matters.
- Drive data quality and process improvements across costing data sets and systems.
- Support financial controls, compliance and audit requirements related to manufacturing and supply chain processes.
- Provide analysis and decision support for pricing, inventory valuation and margin improvement initiatives.
Why You? Work arrangement This role is based in India and follows a hybrid working model. You will be expected to be on-site regularly to partner with finance and manufacturing teams.
Basic Qualification We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or equivalent.
- Professional accounting qualification (for example ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CPA) or actively working toward one.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in product costing, production accounting or manufacturing finance.
- Practical experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred) and production costing modules or equivalent.
- Strong Excel skills and experience preparing clear management reports.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a matrix environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualification If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Experience with supply chain finance and working directly with manufacturing sites in a global company.
- Hands-on experience with SAP M-ERP costing tools or specialized costing applications.
- Experience delivering process automation, data quality initiatives or reporting improvements.
- Experience with financial controls and compliance in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering outcomes.
- Comfortable working in a hybrid model and flexible to collaborate across time zones when needed.
What you will bring You enjoy working with people across functions and time zones. You communicate clearly and make complex topics easy to understand. You focus on practical solutions and take ownership of delivery. You are curious and seek to learn new systems and techniques. You care about accuracy and helping teams make better decisions.
Apply now If this role speaks to you, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a short note about what you would bring to the role.
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