Associate Director - Planning & Forecasting Manager

Role purpose

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop analysts covering markets within the sub-region.
• Own sub-region planning and forecasting commitments, supporting reliable forecasts and resource allocation.
• Partner with the sub-region Finance Head.
• Oversee plans, forecasts, commercial cycles, and management information.
• Work with market and hub stakeholders to explain business drivers, anticipate risks, recommend interventions, and challenge forecasts.
• Simplify and standardize ways of working; improve planning and forecasting using digital tools, automation, and AI.
• Build financial modelling skills across the team.
• Promote accountability and timely delivery across markets, and work effectively across the stakeholder matrix.
• Act as an ambassador for GSK's culture, code, and One Finance.

Basic qualifications and experience

• Proven people manager with experience leading and developing a finance team.
• 16 years of experience with strong modelling, analysis, forecasting, strategic and scenario planning, and decision-making skills.
• Understanding of digital, AI, automation, and financial systems and processes.
• University degree in Finance or Business, or equivalent.
• Ability to connect with and influence business stakeholders.

Listed skills

• Business forecasting, business reporting tools, critical thinking, data storytelling, and data visualization.
• Digital fluency, financial controlling, financial reporting and analysis, influencing without authority, and stakeholder management.

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