Planning and Forecasting Analyst

Site Name : Costa Rica - Cartago - Tres Rios

Posted Date : Jan 16 2023

This is a unique opportunity to be part of our Americas Planning & Forecasting Hub in Costa Rica. Providing planning & forecasting support to a variety of stakeholders across different markets, this role is fantastic opportunity to develop your business partnering skills and develop your career. Working within our technology enabled P&F Hub, you will help manage the preparation of in-market forecasts, prepare monthly management reports and other complex activities.

We are looking for an individual with grit, resilience, high integrity, and a team first mindset who is ready for a challenge for the sake of personal development, growth and building a network. The opportunity offers close collaboration with internal customers and stakeholders and insights how the operations and business decision making work.

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

• Lead the Planning & Forecasting preparation of the 3+1 plan to the Leadership Team.
• Responsible for the preparation of the monthly Operational, Advertising and Promotion expenses.
• Accountable for creating, updating and maintaining financial models to provide detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts for the market (Core Commercial Cycle process).
• Compare forecasts against budgets and prior month forecasts.
• Performs variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward.
• Prepare internal management reports for executive leadership and support their decision making.
• Completing ad-hoc reporting requests from in-market finance teams.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• University educated (Bachelor’s Degree) in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Engineering.
• Relevant experience (3-5 years) preferably within a similar operating model and similar sector.
• Experience in Financial Planning/Budgeting, preferably in a multinational company.
• Expertise in creating or extracting information from /to excel and use of advanced formulas.
• Proficient financial knowledge of analysis, evaluation, modelling and forecasting with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in working with SAP.
• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint skills.
• Effective communications skills.
• Strong spoken and written English.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Power BI, Advanced PowerPoint skills.
• Portuguese and/or French will be considered a plus.

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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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.

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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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