Experienced Finance Manager

Welcome to Haleon. We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we've grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it's time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Job Description:

Hello. We're Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we're improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What's more, we're achieving it in a company that we're in control of. In an environment that we're co-creating. And a culture that's uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn't a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we're uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It's an opportunity to be part of something special.

Finance Business Partner

About the role

Part of the China Oral Finance team and reporting to China Oral Finance Director, you will be the finance business partner to the Commercial Sales, Marketing, and Commercial Excellence teams. Ensuring category and channel P&L performance and effective returns on all investments. You will work cross functionally to deliver accurate forecasting, detailed understanding of channel and brand performance and financial leadership.

As a key member of the Commercial Finance team you will be instrumental in influencing and collaborating with our commercial functions to drive commercial decision making, return on investment and business planning.

Role Responsibilities

China Oral Finance Business Partner is responsible for the financial planning, monitoring and delivery, provides wider and holistic view to drive financial priorities and improve maturity level of financial planning in both category and channel level, and is designed also to optimize ways of working within China finance department.

Key Responsibilities

•Business partnering with E-commerce team, to deliver E-commerce business target improve investment efficiency

•Support in China Oral performance review preparations

•Lead the A&P analysis and ensure the investments in well efficiency

•Co-work with QSC team to deliver GP improvement target

•Lead the China Oral OPEX budget, both budgeted and current.

•Lead China Oral 3 Year LRP, Budgeting, rolling forecast, enable the commercial team to deliver business targets and improve financial profitability

•Provide financial support to the category and sales team

•Evaluate the reasonableness, consistency, and accuracy of financial information.

•Ensure that control processes are robust

•Detect any risks associated with business performance and support the search for mitigation plans to reduce the associated impacts. Search for opportunities that help improve business profitability.

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 10 yrs of experience in the following areas: Business Finance in FMCG or EC platform
• Strong commercial and ecommerce understanding
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills - in depth knowledge if key finance processes
• Proven skills to manage a high degree of complexity in changing environment.
• Problem solving/decision making.
• Excellent ability to manage and influence a variety of stakeholders, business and also central service teams

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Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It's important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

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