Site Name: Costa Rica - Cartago - Tres Rios
Posted Date: Oct 26 2024
As a Senior Management Accounting Specialist, you act as a partner to the site finance, providing timely and accurate reporting for Month End Close activities. Support GSK production sites with Costing related activities, control and audit requirements, i.e. internal and external audit, and other controls. Also, can participate in and support global projects for process improvements, standardization, or new process implementations and drive for excellence in SMAS (Specialized Management and Accounting Services) processes and contributing widely to a high-performance culture within the team.

Your Responsibilities :
This role gives YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, the main of these are:

• Primarily responsible for delivery of assigned SMAS processes according to agreed SMAS operating model and/or Service Level Agreements whilst ensuring full compliance with GSK and external accounting policies.
  
• Operate according to governance frameworks, policies and internal controls, prepare reconciliations for Balance Sheet accounts in scope as well as other relevant accounting controls.
  
• Align and partner with Site Finance to review results against plans and identify improvement opportunities.
  
• Build strong working relationships with customer groups and stakeholders, manage stakeholder expectations, and needs, communicate effectively in all interactions through various means.
  
• Ensure that process activities are carried out in a robust and efficient manner and delivered accurately to SMAS Customer groups according to agreed timelines, critically analyzing and assessing data and information to ensure SMAS processes support reliable, informed business decisions.
  
• Drive continuous process and service improvement, contribute to new ideas and opportunities to actively support continuous improvement within the cluster and across SMAS, striving for standardization and improved performance to support delivery of wider organizational objectives.
  
• Support Management Accounting Team Lead in delivery of key priorities and initiatives as required). Support additional processes across SMAS scope as required and lead or support delivery of projects.
  
• Support Annual Standard Setting and Product Costing processes.
  

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these characteristics to achieve our goals:

• Technical degree or advanced studies in Accounting or Finance. Industrial Engineering with accounting background also considered.
  
• Minimum 2 years of post-qualification experience in cost accounting field.
  
• Knowledge of management accounting and reporting, preferably in a manufacturing cost & production environment.
  
• Fluent English.
  
• Advanced level Excel skills
  

Preferred Experience:
However, if you have the following, it would be a plus:

• Data Analytics tools knowledge.
  
• SAP Experience.
  

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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