Tech Finance Manager, Cloud & Engineering Platforms

At GSK, we unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We are a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We’re proud to be leading a healthcare revolution, and we’re looking for people who can help us deliver on our ambition.   Role Overview This position is accountable for the financial management of Cloud & Engineering Platforms, applying the standards set by central Technology Business Operations. The role owns the budget, forecast, actuals and cost transparency, runs the day-to-day financial operations, and provides accurate, consistent financial inputs into the central DPTF reporting cycles. It gives leadership a clear view of spend, forecast and financial risk, and operates under a dotted line to the Director, Business Operations for financial governance and standards.     In this role you will   Budgeting, Forecasting and Performance  • Own the budget, forecast and actuals, planning and tracking the cost base to the enterprise finance timetable.  • Analyse variance, risk and opportunity against plan and provide clear commentary and recommendations to leadership.  • Support business cases, funding requests and investment tracking, with spend decisions owned by the Cloud & Engineering Platforms.    Financial Operations  • Run financial operations, including accruals, reclasses, cross-charges, purchase orders, invoices and payment follow-up.  • Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end close for the enterprise finance timetable.  • Ensure financial transactions and records are accurate, complete and processed within control requirements.    Cost Transparency and Reporting  • Provide cost transparency, including vendor, contractor and unit-cost views at the level leadership needs.  • Maintain a financial view of headcount, covering budgeted positions and vacancies.  • Provide accurate, standardised financial inputs into the central DPTF reporting cycles run by Technology Business Operations.    Contract and Vendor Financial Management  • Govern contract spend, renewals, extension pipelines and financial commitments.  • Monitor service continuity and vendor financial risk, coordinating with Procurement and contract owners.    Governance and Standards  • Apply the central Technology Business Operations financial standards, definitions and controls so data is consistent and comparable.  • Ensure Cloud & Engineering Platforms operates within GSK financial policy, including approval routes, purchase governance and audit readiness.  • Escalate material financial risks, variances and control issues to [domain/team] leadership and to Technology Business Operations.  • Identify and support automation and simplification of recurring financial processes.    Cloud Budget Management  • Lead GSK's cloud budgeting and forecasting with Business Unit Tech and Finance stakeholders.  • Consolidate, challenge and reconcile cloud forecasts, budget variances and funding requirements across Business Units.  • Manage cloud financial performance, forecast accuracy and consumption governance for the domain.  • Support cloud chargeback and cost recovery using FinOps allocation outputs, partnering with the Cloud FinOps Manager        Why you? Basic Qualifications : We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: • Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Technology Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience. • Professionally qualified accountant (or qualified by experience). • Significant experience in cloud/technology finance. • Owning budgets, forecasts, actuals and cost transparency for a technology function, domain or business unit.  • Running