Controlling Specialist

At GSK, finance is more than numbers — it’s about driving insight, enabling smart decisions, and supporting our mission to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

We are now looking for a Finance Controlling Specialist to join our Close & Control Team, supporting the Italian market. This is an exciting opportunity to deepen your expertise in financial controlling while gaining international exposure in a global pharma leader.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Take ownership of financial controlling activities for a European commercial entity, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with IFRS and SOX requirements.

• Lead the period-end close process, including analytical reviews and preparation of reporting packs.

• Present and discuss monthly results directly with the local Finance Director, acting as a trusted business partner.

• Perform account analysis, review journals, and execute internal controls to maintain financial integrity.

• Work closely with colleagues across Finance, including Planning & Forecasting Analysts, Regional Controllers, and the GSK Operations Centre.

• Review high-risk reconciliations, assess balance sheet health, and proactively manage risks and open items.

• Support local statutory reporting and tax compliance in collaboration with external providers.

• Contribute to audit activities and group consolidation, ensuring high-quality, timely deliverables.

Why you?

We are seeking a finance professional with both technical expertise and a collaborative mindset. You will bring:

• A degree in Finance/Accounting (or equivalent professional experience).

• 3 years of experience in accounting, audit, or financial controlling.

• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and reporting requirements.

• Confidence in working in a data-driven environment, with a continuous learning attitude.

• The ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders across geographies.

• Fluency in English at a professional business level.

At GSK, finance is more than numbers — it’s about driving insight, enabling smart decisions, and supporting our mission to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

We are now looking for a Finance Controlling Specialist to join our Close & Control Team, supporting the Italian market. This is an exciting opportunity to deepen your expertise in financial controlling while gaining international exposure in a global pharma leader.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Take ownership of financial controlling activities for a European commercial entity, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with IFRS and SOX requirements.

• Lead the period-end close process, including analytical reviews and preparation of reporting packs.

• Present and discuss monthly results directly with the local Finance Director, acting as a trusted business partner.

• Perform account analysis, review journals, and execute internal controls to maintain financial integrity.

• Work closely with colleagues across Finance, including Planning & Forecasting Analysts, Regional Controllers, and the GSK Operations Centre.

• Review high-risk reconciliations, assess balance sheet health, and proactively manage risks and open items.

• Support local statutory reporting and tax compliance in collaboration with external providers.

• Contribute to audit activities and group consolidation, ensuring high-quality, timely deliverables.

Why you?

We are seeking a finance professional with both technical expertise and a collaborative mindset. You will bring:

• A degree in Finance/Accounting (or equivalent professional experience).

• 3 years of experience in accounting, audit, or financial controlling.

• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and reporting requirements.

• Confidence in working in a data-driven environment, with a continuous learning attitude.

• The ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders across geographies.

• Fluency in English at a professional business level.

Why GSK?

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies.

• Contract of employment.

• Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit).

• Life insurance and pension plan.

• Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible.

• Sports cards (Multisport).

• Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure.

• Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online training’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external training).

• Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & well-being activities).

• Supportive community and integration events.

• Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday.

• Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers.

We want to hear from you and support with any adjustments that you may require during the recruitment process. Please get in touch with our Recruitment Team ([email protected]) to further discuss this today.

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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.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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