Intern - Finance

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.

Name & Title of Hiring Manager: Intern - Finance

Number of internship positions: 1

Preferred Period of Internship Required: January 2025 - June/July 2025 

Preferred School/Course of Intern: Undergraduate students from Finance, Accounting and related disciplines.

Responsibilities:

You will be required to:

Responsible for certain specific Finance activities: 

• Support pricing administration and understanding of how price structure for consumer goods are set and reviewed.  
• Manage Database Management system through the administration and understanding of COGNOS 
• Support and assist the Sales Finance Partner in Trade Spends Management, including understanding trade spends invested for Sales in Business as well as data and document review  
• Support in Finance and Administration for Business Partners  
• Involve in Ad-hoc projects for business related initiatives 

Pricing:

• Pricing structures – Check before allowing circulation for signatures; maintain database & update relevant parties as well as proper filing 
• Pricing maintenance – update ZPRO/ZMIN/ZITP; update NSP/TP; update ZP, update pricing database 
• Pricing corrections – investigate & resolve source of pricing issues wrongly maintained in CERPS/ZP/Customers 
• Pricing follow-ups – pricing requests; pricing issues 

Database Management system – administration and understanding of COGNOS: 

• Daily sales report 
• Data gathering ad-hoc requests from Cognos 
• Raise remedy tickets for issues & ensure follow-up to closure 

TSM – Trade Spends Management:

• Understanding trade spends invested for Sales in business 
• System/TSM viewer access to pick up reports, data, documents for review 
• Assisting Sales Finance Partner on TIMF work 

Reporting:

• Assist in preparation of monthly management reporting  
• Understanding business  

Finance and Admin support for Business partners:

• Assist to raise and follow up on tickets/incidents raised. 
• Assist to follow up with compliance check list 
• Following up with Sales admin and Marketing admin, to ensure issues and problems are resolved- examples will be payment, Purchase Orders, sample requests.  

Ad-hoc projects for Business related initiatives:

• Assisting on ROI assessment, SLOB assessment (Slow and Obsolete stocks review, process, and reduction)  
• Possible initiatives which will enhance the business performance and the result. 

Learning Outcomes

Throughout the course of the internship, you will attain the following learning objectives:

• Develop problem-solving skills by investigating and resolving issues. 
• Learn to handle ad-hoc data requests efficiently. 
• Develop a profound understanding of business operations for effective reporting. 
• Participate business's financial decision-making. 

Why You?

We are seeking candidates with the following skills and competencies:

Business Skills and Competencies

• Preferred educational background – Accounting and / or Finance 
• Proficient in use of IT and software/systems, ideally document management and database systems.

Behavioural Skills and Competencies

• Basic PowerPoint and Excel Skills 
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Proactive attitude to process improvement.
• Awareness and ability to work within culturally diverse teams. 
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, think and work independently, problem-solve, work in teams, and focus on delivering assigned work.
• A keen interest in the consumer healthcare industry, and a passion for learning and knowledge.

Upon submission of applications, we will be contacting shortlisted candidates for an initial conversation to share more about Haleon and our recruitment process. We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and offer positions on a first come, first served basis.

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