Finance Business Partner

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

Role :

As a Finance Business Partner, you will use your finance expertise to build partnerships with the business and help drive the strategic business plan, supporting strategy and decision-making with critical financial insights.

Key Responsibilities :

Business control

• Brings visibility over the performance forecasted for his/her channel, through financial processes (RGM, Annual Plan, Forecasts) and via Sales & Operations Planning cycles (S&OP),
• Challenges assumptions to ensure sufficient level of confidence in the forecast accuracy
• Identifies opps & risks
• Communicates net sales landing (« Weekly Sales Forecast »),
• Tracks performance through Month End Closing; explains the main drivers and interprets the impacts on the YTGo,
• Proposes corrective actions to the Business.

Business partnering / Collaboration

• Monitors Trade Investments along with NRM team and challenges Sales team to reach pricing targets,
• Offers opportunities to improve net sales growth and gross margin (e.g. pricing, mix),
• Organizes and coordinates financial processes with Business and Finance stakeholders incl. the Hub.

Reporting

• Communicates the financial results of the channel he/she is responsible for, to Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial Excellence, Sales and Marketing,
• Shares any info that may help to improve customer / product management.

Compliance

• Adheres and applies accounting standards and Corporate policies; performs SOX controls on his/her scope; addresses Group auditors requests,
• Provides information required for transfer prices & standard costs setting, local taxes filing and membership to trade associations.

Ad hoc requests

• Addresses financial queries received from other Functions; builds specific business cases (e.g. innovation launches, regulatory changes, competitive analyses...),
• Takes part in local or European projects aiming at implementing new tools or processes; if needed, backfills his/her Finance counterpart on critical activities.

Continuous improvement

• Optimizes the tracking tools used by Finance or provided to other Functions,
• Contributes to improve cross functional processes (e.g. « Weekly Sales Forecast », S&OP cycles or Forecasts)

Basic Qualifications :

• 5+ years of experience on similar position within the FMCG industry,
• Fluent in French and English,
• Advanced degree in finance,
• Demonstrated ability to display key attributes of successful finance partnering, including business knowledge and technical finance knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective financial management for a complex organization using technical expertise and analytical skills.
• Understanding of financial systems and processes.

Your ability to collaborate effectively with financial and operational stakeholders, combined with strong technical and financial skills, as well as a solid capacity for analysis, organization, and communication, is essential to the success of this role.

En rejoignant Haleon, vous ferez partie d'une entreprise qui place l'humain au centre de ses actions. Nous recherchons des talents passionnés, prêts à faire la différence et à contribuer à notre mission : rendre la santé quotidienne accessible à tous.

Nous offrons un environnement stimulant, des perspectives d’évolution et un véritable impact sur le bien-être des consommateurs.

Chez Haleon, vous ferez la différence, tout en bénéficiant d’un équilibre entre vie professionnelle et personnelle.

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