Financial Analyst - Saudi National

Role Overview

Financial Analyst – Saudi National position at GSK, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. GSK is committed to supporting Vision 2030 and the Saudi Arabian National Agenda, including Saudization through the hiring and training and development of Saudi National capability.

Company Overview

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. The company aims 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. GSK gets ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines, focusing on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases.

Role Purpose

The Financial Analyst will support end-to-end reporting, tracking, and monitoring of SG&A spend, including monthly tracking of Advertising & Promotion (A&P) and Scientific Engagement (SE) spend activity by category. The role involves close collaboration with the Close & Control (C&C) HUB during the Middle East closing, supporting the Finance Business Partner (FBP) in managing sign-off commentaries with the Planning HUB, and partnering with the Senior Finance Business Partner (SFP) during planning cycles to ensure accurate submission of financial plans, updates, forecasts, and all ancillary activities associated with the planning exercise.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting and Analysis

• Supervise close and control activities on profit and loss, monitoring budget versus actual P&L and submitting commentaries to regional teams.
• Provide visibility to management on performance and spend by delivering monthly and ad hoc financial reports per requirement.
• Lead process improvement initiatives on all reporting and system automation to minimize manual work and enable efficient reporting that supports decision making.

Business Partnering

• Carry out all ancillary planning activities including plan phasing (calendarization), exchange and cost flips, submission of plans in the financial planning system, and preparation of GEM offline templates and presentations.
• Support the Senior Finance Partner (SFP) in the Core Commercial Cycle (CCC) by preparing summaries of movements versus last cycles for the SFP and Finance Director, ensuring active participation of finance by bringing in stock position, year-to-date (YTD) / year-to-go (YTG) growth, and capturing market dynamics for competitive analysis.
• Track actual Gross-to-Net (G2N) reflections with focused analysis of variance versus plan and forecast (CCC).
• Review SG&A and make recommendations for cost savings.
• Support management and business units in provision of financials pertaining to business needs.
• Support and at times lead commercial initiatives to bring in operational efficiencies in SG&A.
• Apply analytical tools such as Power BI to support the core business team with data points and lead action accordingly.

Alignment and Close Support

• Align with business and medical functions on YTD/YTG spend, with gap and phasing analysis.
• Work closely with the Close & Control (C&C) HUB during the Middle East closing.
• Support the FBP during monthly close and control activities, primarily related to capturing accurate SG&A by ensuring strong alignment with the C&C HUB to ensure completeness of accruals and accuracy of numbers with respect to spend allocation across business units.

Qualifications & Experience

• Saudi National status is required.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance is required.
• SOCPA membership is mandatory.
• Preferred finance qualifications: SOCPA, CA, ACCA, CPA, CFA, CMA, or CIMA.
• 1–3 years of corporate finance and/or Big 4 experience required.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
• Written and spoken fluency in English and Arabic required.

Skills & Competencies

• Clear communication: strong verbal, written, and listening skills.
• Teamwork: collaborative and goal-oriented.
• Conflict resolution: diplomatic and empathetic.
• Adaptability: flexible and relationship-focused.
• Understanding of commercial operations, reporting, IFRS, auditing, FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) and business partnering.
• Business reporting tools.
• Data storytelling.
• Digital fluency.
• Financial modeling.
• Financial performance improvement.
• Influencing without authority.
• Insight generation.
• Problem solving.

Additional Information

• Candidate must be located in Riyadh.
• Closing date for applications: 14 October 2026.
• Submit CV in English.