GSK - Manager - Governance

- GSK is one of the world's foremost pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and we are proud to be part of an industry that improves the lives of others. We are embarking on a significant transformation journey that will support GSK in becoming a top-quartile data-enabled organisation.

- This is an exciting time to join GSK. The world of global applications & development is changing. You will be part of a team, to support maintenance of the Internal Control Framework, as well as support finance globally perform, their controls effectively. Also, perform the SOX scoping exercise.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following.

Responsibilities:

- Responsible to ensure all issues (control queries, exception requests and change requests) raised via the service catalogue are resolved within the time frame of Service level agreements Manage internal control framework tools, to standardize, simplify and strengthen GSK Finance control framework and provide guidance for non-standardized processes With a global remit across finance, responsible to work across GSK fostering a network of compliance champions across global finance (through multiple forums), providing global training material and global communications and providing sox testers, Compliance Champions, CoE team members and key personnel control change updates, including roll-out relevant training for future monitoring and testing, as well as leading practices and general risk mitigation/control advice.

- Responsible for gatekeeping and maintaining an appropriate financial internal control framework(s).) through following set governance and agreed steps. Required to: do the below prior to submitting changes for the approval of the VP: Initiate (design due to identifying a gap), approve or challenge (review change requests) or optimize (where improvement opportunities are highlighted), controls that mitigate risk.

- The above requires performance of due diligence on control changes including review of control documentation, process maps, and interacting with internal global process owners, Risk operations managers, compliance champions, and external auditors where needed.

- Support global projects as an SME on global controls framework Maintain the resource centre (intranet page), - helpdesk- facilities and other tools with relevant up-to-date information and Self-help enablers for in-house customers to access independently (SOX/IBM testers, finance controllers, finance directors etc.) Maintain the FRMC global website with guidance, training materials to support the finance community in managing risk.

- Provide support to business users on Archer, and support the system business admin (direct report) and the system admins in matters related to FRMC governance. After ARC's approval of the SOX Scope memo, communicate conclusions of the control and entity scope to Market FDs and controllers and related risk management/control teams, and support new markets with scope where necessary.

- Supervise and support team member to perform and develop. Support Financial Risk and Controls Operations team by holding dedicated forums of discussion on control challenges, design and updates with the team as well as third-party testing providers.

- We are looking for a Governance Analyst and if you have these skills, we would like to speak to you.

- Preferred level of Education: Master's Degree in Finance and accounting

- Specialist knowledge in controls is a minimum requirement of this control.

- Drafting papers would benefit from the employee being comfortable writing lengthy academic papers

Minimum Five years - 2 PQE

- Required to be able to respond to specialized accounting queries

- Additional certification required CPA, ACCA, CA, CIMA, CIA

- Interaction with global finance and accounting employees to answer queries regarding technical performance of controls.

- Experience and knowledge to demonstrate how controls are or should be mitigating risks

- Ability to solve complex problems

- Innovation is a requirement for the role as the analyst is expected to identify elements of continuous improvement within the Internal Control Framework to be able to optimize and fix existing controls.

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