**Site Name**: Costa Rica - Cartago - Tres Rios**Posted Date**: Mar 8 2024As a Management Accounting Specialist, you act as a partner to the site finance, providing timely and accurate reporting for Month End Close activities.Support GSK production sites with Costing related activities, control and audit requirements, i.e. internal and external audit, ICFW and other controlsAlso can participate in and support global projects for process improvements, standardization, or new process implementations and drive for excellence in SMAS (Specialized Management and Accounting Services) processes and contributing widely to a high-performance culture within the team.**_ Your Responsibilities_**:This role gives YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, the main of these are:- Primarily responsible for delivery of assigned SMAS processes according to agreed SMAS operating model and/or Service Level Agreements whilst ensuring full compliance with GSK and external accounting policies.- Operate according to governance frameworks, policies and internal controls, prepare reconciliations for Balance Sheet accounts in scope as well as other relevant accounting controls.- Align and partner with Site Finance to review results against plans and identify improvement opportunities.- Build strong working relationships with customer groups and stakeholders, manage stakeholder expectations, and needs, communicate effectively in all interactions through various means.- Manage own time appropriately to ensure assigned processes are performed and delivered in line with agreed timelines, and according to standard work approach.- Seek development and improvement, to deliver a level of expertise in assigned process to the benefit of SMAS group and site customers.- Actively support continuous improvement within the cluster and across SMAS, striving for standardization and improved performance to support delivery of wider organizational objectives.- Support Annual Standard Setting and Product Costing processes.- Support additional processes across SMAS scope as required.**_Why you? _****Basic Qualifications**:We are looking for professionals with these characteristics to achieve our goals:- Minimum 1 year of post-qualification experience in cost accounting field.- Knowledge of management accounting and reporting, preferably in a manufacturing cost & production environment- Fluent English- Advanced level Excel skills**Preferred Experience**:However, if you have the following, it would be a plus:- Data Analytics tools knowledge.- SAP Experience.**_ Why GSK? _**Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and define our culture so that together we can deliver extraordinary impact for patients and consumers and make GSK a brilliant place to work.As a GSK employee you will be encouraged to be you in a diverse and inclusive environment that focus on your wellbeing and enables you to feel good and to thrive, and gather the opportunities we offer to learn, develop and keep growing.At GSK we believe that we all bring something unique and when we combine our knowledge, experiences and styles together, the impact is incredible. Join us to make the difference and play an important role on the benefit of millions of patients and consumers worldwide.**Why Us?**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 positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.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.**Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
