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Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?
A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.
About the role
Finance is connected with everything we do here at GSK and, if you join us, you’ll use numbers to make a difference. We offer an independent viewpoint, driving decision-making and strategy across our organisation. We maximise profitability by managing cost, cash and return on investment. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that prides itself on delivering excellence!
If you have a passion for numbers and drive to make decisions based on your analyses, we are the right placement for you. We can promise a great learning and development experience throughout your year with us! An accounting or finance background is not necessary as you will gain all the skills you require on the job.
Ahead together with tailored training and career development
Each of our placements in finance is as different as the areas they support: Tax, Transfer Pricing, Global Supply Chain, Compliance, Finance Capabilities. Wherever you are placed you will be guaranteed to gain both technical and interpersonal skills, for example:
- Working with stakeholders at different levels across the business
- Questioning and challenging current processes to drive improvement
- Presentation skills
- Working cross-functionally with other teams
- Analysing data and identifying issues
- Gaining an insight into what finance means in industry
- Developing your knowledge of financial systems and processes
- Opportunities to be involved in short and longer-term projects throughout the year
We are looking for people who have strong communication skills, the ability to be challenged and are motivated by the idea of a career in finance with GSK.
Who are we looking for?
- A keen passion for Finance business function – tell us your hobbies or interests that are connected to Finance business function, the commercial world, and the biopharma industry
- Appetite to work as a business partner, building strong relationships with key stakeholders
- Adaptability to change and working under pressure
- Excellent communication skills that help you influence
- Strong problem-solving skills driven by curiosity
- You enjoy learning in action and confidence
- You are a keen learner
- Project management skills and the ability to prioritise
What do we offer you?
- Salary of £23,400, plus a bonus
- Access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare and well-being programs.
- On-the-job experience, training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching and mentoring
- A GSK placement which gives you the opportunity to take on a real role with genuine impact
- You will join IPUnite, GSK’s community of over 250 students across all UK sites and business areas, run by the Industrial Placement students committee
- Once you accept your offer you will be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students
