Finance Director - Turkey

The posting period will end on the 11th of June in 2026

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.

Job purpose:

The purpose of the role is to provide financial leadership to the Turkey LOC, partnering with the General Manager and LT in setting the strategic direction and key financial targets for the business, driving standardisation, focus and efficiency and talent development.   The role requires building effective relationships with the market and Finance HUBs. The scope includes decision support, financial management and analysis, resourcing analysis and tracking, governance and pricing and performance management support.

Key responsibilities:

Key responsibilities include the management of financial reporting processes, provide finance partnering support to Turkey and drive value enhancing projects operating within the complexities and challenges of the market.

• Ensure efficient resource allocation through clear, bold investment decisions
• Partner effectively across the enterprise to support successful new launches, from business case development through execution and uptake
• Provide finance partnering support to the Commercial teams in implementing commercial strategy across the market (ROI, pricing, tenders, working capital management etc)
• Management of the Plan/ Update for working with the Planning Hub and Market Finance teams aligning assumptions and risks and opportunities
• Management of P&L identifying gaps to Plan and P&L impacts
• Actively participate in key projects as required providing input for business case development and general financial and business expertise
• Oversight of the financial management and governance including the respective risk and control environments
• Leadership in the design of financial processes to maximise quality, efficiency and effectiveness and oversee financial processes, audit and reporting
• Talent management and capability building across the Finance team

Requirements:

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Global Professional Accounting (CA, CPA, FCA, FCCA) and / or MBA with Finance
• Minimum 10 years of professional finance experience, including senior finance partnering or leadership roles
• Strong skills in financial planning, forecasting, modelling and investment appraisal
• Strong commercial and scientific understanding of disease and therapy areas to support the enterprise agenda and evolving business needs
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and work effectively in a matrix environment
• Track record of leading transformational change or process improvement projects
• Experience with SAP or other enterprise financial systems and data automation tools
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in pricing, tenders or contract negotiations

 *LI-GSK

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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