The role of Finance Director for Norway Local Operating Company (LOC) is an opportunity to join the Europe One Finance community and drive performance across our region. The Norway market is highly innovative flagship market in the Northern & Western Area with strong year on year growth driven by innovations and new launches, strong competitive performance and talented team. In this role, you will act as the Commercial Finance lead for the LOC partnering with the GM and the Leadership team to deliver targeted revenues of c. £200m with year-on-year growth and external competitiveness. As a key member of the Leadership Team, you will support strategy development and decision-making with critical financial insights, including pipeline launches and resource allocation to achieve business objectives. Your mission is to be a true business partner, providing a strong voice in challenging and influencing decision-making. This involves interfacing with senior stakeholders, commercial teams and regional finance, providing strategic financial input, identifying opportunities and driving performance. You will have full P&L responsibility including sales forecasting, SG&A management and resource allocation to ensure profitability and support GSK’s commitment to growth and innovation. We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work. Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK Responsibilities Driving Brand Performance P&L Management: Full understanding and accountability for the Norwegian LOC P&L and headcount, acting as a core member of the Leadership team. Performance Analysis: Lead cross-functional monthly performance reviews (MPR) and perform variance analysis of business unit results (sales, brand profit, KPIs), identifying performance gaps and proposing corrective actions. Strategic Planning: Lead strategic portfolio and brand analysis, and scenario planning, to influence and support brand planning and business decisions for the therapy area LT Resource Allocation: Drive the annual budget setting process for the cross functional therapy area team, with focus on strategic resource allocation and proactive identification of risks and opportunities. Support the commercial teams in tracking their budgets and seeking opportunities for SG&A optimisation. Financial Forecasting & Reporting Forecasting (Core Commercial Cycle): Partner with commercial, supply chain, and insights teams to deliver monthly DRMs, annual plans, and soft-landing estimates, aligning and challenging assumptions and identifying risks and opportunities. Launch Support: Support launch forecasts for pipeline opportunities, utilizing data sources and scenario planning to input on volume assumptions and pricing discussions Financial Reporting: Ensure accurate and timely financial analysis at month-end, providing insights to analyse performance and support financial entries. Pricing Optimization & Market Dynamics Pricing Governance: Partner with Market Access and other experts to support pricing approval governance; provide recommendations for pricing decision and challenge pricing through sensitivity analysis to optimize profitability and access Market Analysis: Understand overall market dynamics, relative market positioning of products, market access situation, and future trends. Investment & Growth Opportunities ROI Analysis: Model investment and growth opportunities to support decision-making, identifying potential opportunities to optimise resource allocation using ROI. Scenario Planning: Lead scenario planning to maximize resource use and support the business in making investment decisions. Margin & Cashflow Enhancement: Deliver margin enhancement initiatives through innovative cost control and utilise both internal and external benchmarking for best-in-class cost management. Project Management & External Coordination Project Management: Work on ad hoc projects, supporting the GMs and leadership team with management presentations and critical insights Ad Hoc Analysis: Conduct ad hoc financial and business modelling to support the GM and other stakeholders External Coordination: Act as the point of contact for finance to key external strategic partners, tax, treasury, and audit to protect GSK’s interests. Why you? Basic Qualifications & Skills: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Finance or business degree and/or Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA or international equivalent). Extensive experience in financial roles and business partnering Understanding of pharmaceutical industry Experience in financial modelling, scenario planning and investment appraisal for decision-making recommendations in complex business challenges Demonstrated experience in financial planning/ forecasting, including understanding of financial systems and processes (CERPS, Bison, CF/CCC, VISTA) Fluent in English both written and spoken. Preferred Qualifications & Skills: Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply: Breadth of experience across different business areas Experience working with senior stakeholders, in cross-functional teams, within a matrix environment Ability to establish a high level of credibility and forge strong working relationships with business stakeholders; clearly presenting insights to influence and challenge Ability to work in and drive change in a complex, fast-moving environment with multiple priorities. Demonstrated risk management, process improvement, and project management skills Fluent in Norwegian both written and spoken. Closing Date for Applications – 15th November 2026 (COB) Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. Find out more: Our approach to R&D.    Skills Business Case Development, Business Forecasting, Business Partnerships, Data Storytelling, Digital Fluency, Enterprise Thinking, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Performance Improvement, Influencing Without Authority, Insight Generation, Intrapreneurship, Stakeholder Management 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. Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at [email protected] where you can also request a call. Please note should your inquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the Link where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive. GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ We are 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 organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. 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 place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. 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