Finance Reporting 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.

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new, world-leading, and fast-moving consumer healthcare 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 Crocin, Eno, Iodex, Otrivin and Centrum in India – 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 and help shape the future of the world’s newest and largest consumer healthcare company, that’s 100% focussed on everyday health. Come and be part of something special.

Our Haleon Global Capability Centre (GCC), located in Bengaluru, India is rapidly expanding with exciting new positions being created in multiple functions. 

At Haleon GCC we bring global value to our organisation, delivering complex enterprise solutions while driving digital transformation and innovation. The Finance, Digital & Technology, HR and Procurement functions are co-located, and work with colleagues and partners around the world. The increasing range of activities and roles based in the GCC will offer you great potential for career progression and take part in shaping the future of the GCC.

Why you in this role?

Are you looking for a global role to accelerate your growth and development? We have an exciting opportunity for you to explore.

You’ll be part of the Global Financial Services team and primarily focused on managing and optimising reporting and data processes across the organisation. You will identify a vision, and prioritise objectives that support our Haleon finance function on our journey to World Class.

You’ll enjoy the challenge of a fast-paced, problem-solving environment that requires you to think and act quickly to address strategic and day-to-day business priorities. Trading Partner Finance (TPF) is a high professional, high performing Global team, enabling the Haleon supply chain to get products to customers on-time and improve everyday heath for billions of people, through strong partnership across the business.

As an FMCG business, Haleon operates in a highly dynamic environment and our activities, at the heart of the global supply chain, are fundamental to getting ahead of our competitors as we react quickly to market opportunities and support strategic business change.

This is a high-profile role with a global remit that requires the ability to effectively manage and influence teams and stakeholders across different countries and levels.

Why join Trading Partner Finance?

Our activities support ca. 95% of Haleon’s trade as it routes through a series of specifically designed trading entities which principally cover the procurement, supply, import and export of product for intercompany and 3rd party cross border transactions.

On a daily basis we are required to react rapidly to emerging issues that require swift resolution to keep the supply chain moving, whilst ensuring compliance with global trade, financial, legal & fiscal requirements.

As a team, we strive to stay in front and improve our stakeholder experience by being proactive, agile & curious, setting ourselves stretching targets, actively partnering, and continuously improving while keeping the fundamentals right.

The TPF Intercompany (ICO) Reporting & Data team is responsible for:

• providing strong end to end data governance processes to maintain the standard costs & transfer prices of Haleon’s ca. 22,000 SKUs
• eliminating intercompany profit (ca. £2.9bn annually) on an end to end basis to support accurate monthly reporting of the Haleon group results

Job description

TPF is building a new team at the Haleon GCC, Bengaluru. This team will receive activities migrating from the UK. You will initially play a key part in ensuring the success of this project.

Your post-transition responsibilities will include – but non-exhaustively

• Responsible for the oversight of the Group Intercompany Profit Elimination processes
• Covering all related activities, including managing the period end & AAR processes
• Contributing to team objectives, plans & projects
• Day to day oversight of outsourced BPO team (Genpact)
• Being an ambassador for Global Finance Services (GFS) and TPF
• Managing stakeholders, dealing with escalations and gathering feedback
• Supporting regular communication with global teams to cascade process / system information
• Continuously identifying & driving improvements in end-to-end processes, ensuring sustainability & suitability for an FMCG company
• Having a strong compliance mindset, ensuring adherence to Sox controls, GxP etc
• Ensuring audit queries are answered in a timely manner

• Supporting the Finance Reporting Principal with ad-hoc requests, activities & projects

Requirements/Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• MBA or Accounting qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent)

Basic Requirements

• At least 6 years of financial management experience
• Experience working with global / corporate level financial reporting in a large global organization
• Experience of enterprise level financial processes and / or systems
• Experience of working in a controls / Sarbanes Oxley environment
• In depth knowledge of SAP
• Solid analytical Skills
• Ability to identify & resolve problems
• Self-motivated and display of initiative in solving problems
• Disciplined, robust organisation skills, ability to plan & manage workload
• Actively seek to improve process making them more effective & efficient
• Ability to work in cultural diverse teams and reconcile cultural differences
• Effective communication skills and ability to interact with & influence stakeholders internally and externally

Preferred Requirements

• Supply Chain and / or FMCG industry experience
• Experience of working with outsourced BPO providers

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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.
During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 
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