Provides support to the Southern Africa commercial and finance team in managing the Rx commercial business within the finance functions.
The role reports into the Commercial Finance Partner.
Key Responsibilities
Preparing month-end journals and ensuring these are processed within the required month-end timetable.
Assisting in above country roll out of projects and data scrubbing
Developing brand P&L’s
Monitoring of Working Capital
Preparing and communicating to budget holders monthly overheads report of actuals vs budgets.
Preparing monthly sales reports for gross and net sales
Preparing monthly sales and expense trackers
Consolidating monthly sales forecasts done by the sales team.
Perform monthly Balance sheet reconciliations.
Ad-hoc requests and assistance with quarterly requests.
Maintenance of knowledge documents and SOP’s.
Support to the Finance Manager on a daily basis in assistance to the sales team.
Assistance to the Finance Manager with annual budget preparations, monthly forecasts, internal plan compilations and assistance with the management thereof.
Qualifications, Experience
B.Com degree, Financial Management or Accounting (Please supply all results)
JD Edwards (Not critical)
Microsoft Office Suite including excel, word and PowerPoint
Advanced excel knowledge preferable
Sense of urgency
Focus on customer needs
Accuracy
High integrity
Enthusiastic team player
Willing to learn
Competencies
Knowledge
Medium level of accounting knowledge, as currently applicable
Extensive and detailed GSK SOP knowledge
Knowledge of internal controls and the application thereof to a commercial entity
Complexity
Role is not complex
This is a learning opportunity and relates mainly to daily tasks with the assistance of the Finance Manager.
Independent Thinking
The role is governed to a fair degree by procedures and standards, these however set a framework to operate within and around which discretion, innovation and creativity is applied
The role is about day to day management of already implemented processes.
Responsibility
Providing assistance to the Finance Manager during the budgeting