GSK
healthcare
SeniorProjectRiskManager
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“Senior Project Risk Manager at GSK. Skills: Financial risk management, Controls, Change management, Project management. Drive continuous improvement initiatives. Identify automation and tooling opportunities”
What You'll Achieve.
Embed sustainable control behaviours; Enhance effectiveness; Achieve control documentation to audit standard; Ensure everything is kept operationally ready
Industry & Context.
Pragmatic change support; Solution shaping; Solution-minded; Risk impact focus
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12–15+ years of proven experience in financial risk management, controls, and change management, Proven experience in project/program management, ideally with exposure to global initiatives, including implementing or enabling digital capabilities, automation, and data-driven risk insights, Deep familiarity with finance processes, risk frameworks (RACMs, SOX/regulatory), governance, and controls, with an understanding of how digital tools and analytics can enhance risk management and compliance effectiveness, Professional finance qualification (e. g. , CA, CPA, ACCA, CIA)
What You'll Do.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives
Identify automation and tooling opportunities
Assess and prioritise key risks
Identify practical control improvements
Shape fundable project scope
Advise on resourcing and sequencing
Lead execution of continuous improvement activities
Conduct walkthroughs and deep dives
Convert findings into remediation actions
Coordinate across FRMC teams
Deliver excellent service
Translate process changes into control designs
Advise on improvement measures
Maintain and update RACMs
Deliver practical training sessions
Provide on the job coaching
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with finance process teams; Partner with FRMC colleagues; Work directly with finance process owners; Coordinate across FRMC teams; Engage with stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Project/program management, Global initiatives, Implementing digital capabilities, Automation, Data-driven risk insights
Full Job Description
The Continuous Improvement Senior Manager is a subject‑matter expert responsible for partnering with finance process teams and FRMC colleagues to drive control design, implementation and continuous improvement across funded global projects and BAU operations. Operating across the finance transformation lifecycle from early conception and solution shaping through go‑live and into steady state. The role acts as a frontline specialist and FRMC point‑of‑contact for assigned process towers, delivering training, validation and pragmatic change support to embed sustainable control behaviours. **Key Responsibilities:** * Insight through data & Be digitally innovative - Drive continuous improvement initiatives (rock/pebbles/sand approach) focused on high‑risk/large‑market processes, identifying automation and tooling opportunities to reduce manual controls and enhance effectiveness. * Partner effectively - Work directly with assigned finance process owners to assess and prioritise key risks and identify practical control improvements aligned to the pillar’s top‑ten risk questions. * Be agile - Participate in conception and brainstorming sessions to shape fundable project scope with explicit continuous improvement intent and to advise on resourcing and sequencing. * Solution-minded - Lead the execution of continuous improvement activities through configuration, cutover and go‑live by leveraging leading technology such as robotics, AI, and other digital tools. * Process risk & impact focus - Conduct walkthroughs and focused deep dives for assigned processes; capture findings and convert into clear, time‑bound remediation actions. * Partner effectively - Coordinate across FRMC teams, ensuring aligned continuous improvement opportunities, clear hand-offs, and consistent engagement with stakeholders. * Deliver excellent service - Translate process changes into detailed control designs, RACMS assignments and step by step procedures that can be implemented locally; produce control
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