Finance Director, Barnard Castle in Bath

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.

As Finance Director, you will lead and deliver the site Finance function and financial support as the primary interface to the business, member of the site leadership team, including definition and implementation of the Site strategies and policies to optimise operations and improve competitiveness. This person will be a key partner in providing decision support, insights, counselling and challenge for both Site and Finance community and the successful candidate will play a key role with significant responsibility and exposure on executing our Pharma Supply Chain strategy. The role also has a material level of collaboration with Research & Development (R&D) - New Product Introduction (NPI) including hugely important assets subject to immediate launch and industrialisation.

Job Purpose includes but not limited to:

• Embedded business finance support as the primary Finance interface to the business, member of the site leadership team, including definition and implementation of the Site improvement strategies and policies.
• Provide decision support, insights, counselling and challenge, driving simplification and implementation of best practices, delivering financial management & financial performance optimisation, governance and ensuring regulatory compliance, reviewing talent management and proactively identifying internal/external opportunities for both Site and Finance community.
• Management of a team of two (2) embedded Finance partners and working with SMAS and the extended FS team (P2P and C&C among others) to deliver its purpose.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide leadership and opinion/financial analysis to Site Director and Site Leadership team in line with leadership expectations.
• Ensure adherence to challenging financial targets by close financial management. Ability to manage the financial targets that are allocated to site in terms of P&L, Balance Sheet and Working capital.
• Optimise site financial performance & competitiveness to deliver margin improvements.
• Define and participate in the implementation of site strategies in accordance with the policies and regulations of the Group. Facilitate the communication of results and drive opportunities and corrective actions if necessary.
• Provide decision support/financial consulting to the Business Units' Leadership team and GSC senior executives.
• Ensure an influential role in cross-functional and cross-site activities, as well as with external stakeholders.
• Lead Financial Compliance including adherence to Finance Manual, Internal Control Framework and ABAC/TPO programme.
• Ensure the standardisation and simplification of financial process, tools and data (reporting, budget, etc.).
• Coaching and talent development of the Site Finance Team.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Relevant business degree, accounting qualification (ACA or equivalent).
• Considerable post qualification experience in senior Finance role. Finance partnering experience is required.
• Statutory reporting, control framework, and internal and external audit experience.
• Understanding of systems and processes as they affect the financial results including excellent data and computer skills.
• Demonstrated business skills with integrity and independent judgment to understand the underlying business drivers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Business Partnering skills.
• Experience as the Finance Lead of a Business Unit's Leadership Team.
• Broad knowledge of the pharmaceuticals business, accounting and finance, strategic and business planning, and budgeting.
• Experience with the manufacturing and supply environment and systems, including cost accounting experience, highly desirable.

Location: Barnard Castle – Minimum 3 days per week on site.

Closing Date for Applications: 20th March 2026 (COB)

We are excited to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a short cover letter that explains how your experience matches the role. Tell us what you have achieved, how you partner with non-finance colleagues, and how you develop teams. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people who value inclusion to apply.

If you are ready to take a visible finance leadership role where your work drives real operational impact and helps GSK get ahead of disease together, please apply today.

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.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.