GBS Global Financial Operations

Pfizer • Tampa, FL

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Lead Global Finance Operations across assigned regions and markets, owning market-finance operations, reporting, financial statements and audits, controls, stakeholder engagement, and regional transformation. Translate global standards into reliable execution while protecting financial integrity. The role is accountable for accurate, timely and controlled regional outputs; reliable market execution with clear ownership and hand-offs; stronger reporting integrity and faster issue resolution; timely financial-statement and audit completion; and consistent controls, resilience and sustained transformation adoption.

Direct retained market-finance activities, including in-market accounting, pensions, provisions, and cost-center and payroll dependencies. Oversee reconciliations, balance-sheet and profit-and-loss reviews, revenue adjustments, rebates and supplemental reporting, resolving material variances, aged items and unsupported balances. Lead statutory journals, financial-statement preparation and disclosures, review, finalization and audit support for markets.

Serve as the senior Global Finance Operations interface for Market and Regional Finance, maintaining visibility of accounting, service, control and capacity risks and driving issues to closure. Embed policies, control evidence, approvals and retention requirements; address audit actions, data-quality concerns, recurring exceptions and business-continuity risks. Implement the Global Finance Operations optimization agenda through standardization, simplified hand-offs, centralization and automation, reducing unnecessary local variation and measuring adoption and benefits.

Oversee financial matters for commercial legal entities across assigned regions and markets, ensuring financial stewardship, governance, integrity of market financial information, and alignment with applicable statutory, legal, regulatory, tax and jurisdictional requirements. Partner with Market and Regional Finance, Country Management and Commercial Finance leadership to support business objectives and operational continuity while safeguarding financial integrity. Ensure appropriate Finance support for local legal-entity governance and Board requirements, including Finance representation on local Boards of Directors where applicable. Be accountable for delivery against agreed operational budgets, productivity commitments and approved transformation business cases.

Build and sustain a strong, inclusive and connected GBS culture across teams, locations and capabilities. Champion transparent communication, collaboration, recognition, development and colleague voice, using engagement insights and feedback to strengthen colleague experience, organizational effectiveness and business performance.

The role sets direction and makes decisions within its defined operational or process scope. It recommends or co-decides material remediation, approved exceptions, operating-model changes, transformation priorities and investment needs with appropriate leaders. It does not own enterprise policy, formal audit or tax opinions, final investment approval, business decisions outside its scope, or enterprise technology architecture. The role is hybrid and is posted in multiple locations. The stated U.S. salary range applies to the Tampa, Florida location only. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.; U.S. work visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Requirements

• University degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics, or a professional accounting designation.
• Typically at least 12 years of Finance or Global Finance Operations experience, including regional or multi-market leadership.
• Proven experience leading managers and colleagues across multiple countries, cultures and geographies.
• Deep expertise in reconciliations, statutory close, financial statements, disclosures, audit support, controls and operational resilience.
• Experience partnering across borders with senior Finance, GBS, Market, Treasury, Tax, Audit and specialist stakeholders.
• Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer; U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available.
• Permanent work authorization in the United States is required.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced finance or business qualification aligned to the role.
• CPA, Chartered Accountant or equivalent professional accounting designation, as applicable to market norms.
• Pharmaceutical, healthcare or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Track record implementing global standards, centralization, process improvement and automation.
• Digital and AI fluency, with the ability to translate business and control needs into scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Direct retained market-finance activities, including in-market accounting, pensions, provisions, and cost-center and payroll dependencies, to ensure reliable execution and service continuity.
• Oversee reconciliations, balance-sheet and profit-and-loss reviews, revenue adjustments, rebates and supplemental reporting; resolve material variances, aged items and unsupported balances.
• Lead market execution of statutory journals, financial-statement preparation, disclosures, review, finalization and audit support.
• Serve as the senior Global Finance Operations interface for Market and Regional Finance, maintaining visibility of accounting, service, control and capacity risks and driving issues to closure.
• Embed policies, control evidence, approvals and retention requirements, and address audit actions, data-quality concerns, recurring exceptions and business-continuity risks.
• Implement the Global Finance Operations optimization agenda through standardization, simplified hand-offs, centralization and automation; reduce unnecessary local variation and measure adoption and benefits.
• Oversee financial matters for commercial legal entities across assigned regions and markets, ensuring financial stewardship, governance, integrity of market financial information, and alignment with applicable requirements.
• Partner with Market and Regional Finance, Country Management and Commercial Finance leadership to support business objectives and operational continuity while safeguarding financial integrity.
• Ensure appropriate Finance support for local legal-entity governance and Board requirements, including Finance representation on local Boards of Directors where applicable.
• Deliver against agreed operational budgets, productivity commitments and approved transformation business cases.
• Build and sustain an inclusive and connected GBS culture; champion communication, collaboration, recognition, development and colleague voice, using feedback to strengthen colleague experience and organizational effectiveness.
• Make decisions within the defined operational or process scope, and recommend or co-decide material remediation, approved exceptions, operating-model changes, transformation priorities and investment needs with appropriate leaders.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid vacation, holiday and personal days.
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.
• Eligibility to participate in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan, with a bonus target of 22.5% of base salary.
• Eligibility to participate in a share-based long-term incentive program.
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
• Comprehensive benefits and programs to support colleagues’ health and life events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior