Assistant Finance Controller

Business Introduction
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Assistant Finance Controller NA ViiV

Position Summary
As Assistant Finance Controller, you will support the finance controllership for GSK/ViiV in Costa Rica. You will lead month-end close tasks, maintain balance sheet integrity, and support financial reporting for assigned entities. You will work closely with local finance teams, regional controllers, and business partners. We value accuracy, curiosity, and clear communication. This role offers growth, exposure to global finance practices, and the chance to contribute to our mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Lead and execute month-end general ledger close tasks for assigned legal entities

- Prepare and review journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analyses.
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls in line with our finance control framework.
- Investigate and resolve accounting and reporting issues with stakeholders across functions.
- Ad Hoc support to local finance requests and local and corporate reporting.
- Support external and internal audits and prepare required audit deliverables.
- Contribute to process improvements, automation and standardization of reporting.

Why You?

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting, controllership, or financial reporting.
- Practical knowledge of month-end close processes and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Strong Excel skills and experience with financial systems. SAP experience is an advantage.
- Good command of English for written and spoken communication.
- Comfortable working on-site in Costa Rica and collaborating with regional and global partners.

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus
- Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA or local equivalent) or actively studying toward one.
- Experience in a shared service, multinational or manufacturing/supply environment.
- Familiarity with internal control frameworks and audit support experience.
- Experience working on inventory, intercompany or fixed asset accounting.
- Exposure to process automation tools (Power Query, VBA, Power BI) or interest in automation.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and a collaborative working style.

Working arrangement
This role is on-site in Costa Rica. You will work closely with local colleagues and join virtual meetings with regional and global teams as needed.

How to apply
If you are motivated to grow your controllership and financial reporting skills, we want to hear from you. Please apply and tell us how your experience will help deliver accurate financial information and support our mission. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people who are ready to learn and make an impact to apply.

Why GSK?

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

 

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

 

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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