Finance Partner - Marketing

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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 Marketing Finance team delivering finance support and leadership to senior stakeholders across all of Haleon’s Global Marketing Function.

We are looking for a well rounded analyst to Marketing stakeholders, driving all aspects of the financial agenda for Marketing. You will provide finance partnering to Marketing Finance Directors, the Marketing Leadership Team, and other central teams playing a key role in managing part of Opex of Global Marketing and reporting Innovation sales.

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.

This is a role with a global remit that requires the ability to effectively work with diverse teams and influence stakeholders across different countries and levels.

About the role

Haleon are strengthening the team at the Haleon GCC, Bengaluru. This role will receive activities migrating from Europe and US. You will initially play a key part in ensuring the successful handover of responsibilities.

This is a key role to coordinate all financial processes, Actuals and Forecasts, for the Global Marketing function. This role reports to the Senior Finance Partner - Marketing. This role is expected to work collaboratively across all areas of finance and Marketing to ensure all finance requirements are met on time and with high level of accuracy.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage all financial processes for the Actuals and Forecasting processes for Global Marketing. Ensure costs are controlled appropriately and delivered in line with budget.

• Drive business planning insights and accountability by ensuring budgets and forecasts are aligned and allocated according to the priorities of the function. Prepare the 3/1 Plans and CMF for the Global Marketing

• Ensure adherence to challenging financial targets by close financial management, including highlighting trends and analysing causes of unexpected variance, and proactively identifying risks and opportunities to meeting business and financial objectives. Drive cost consciousness across the function, increasing engagement and skills development amongst Marketing budget holders

• Analyse and present finance data in a way that provides insight, enables decision making and drives business performance as well as supporting the Finance leaders and relevant stakeholders by proactively identifying opportunities and raising challenges to meet business objectives and mitigate risks. Support the preparation of materials for Marketing MPR and COB meetings as required

• Ensures optimal and consistent Finance processes are in place leveraging the Finance Hubs. Work collaboratively with finance teams to ensure accurate accounting and maintain robust financial controls and management of risks across Global Marketing

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across multiple functions in other countries, in the UK, Switzerland, and USA

• Report and analyse Net Sales and Innovation Sales and produce performance commentaries as required. Run forecasting process of Innovation Sales

Requirements/Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• MBA or Accounting qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent)

Basic Requirements

• Experience in financial controlling, financial reporting or financial audit roles (at least 5 years) with a deep understanding of management reporting and financial planning.

• Demonstrated experience in finance business partnering with business stakeholders.

• Experience of working with diverse teams and in a global organization across a matrix environment with cross functional stakeholders.

• Ability to build relationships, and influence at the highest level of the business and think strategically.

• Strong communicator with experience working in English speaking organisations.

• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and ask the right questions to achieve the optimal outcome.

• Strong Excel and Powerpoint skills

Preferred

• FMCG industry experience

• Experience of working with and delivering results with outsourced BPO providers

• Experience with SAP

• Experience with Power BI

• Enjoy permanent changes and demonstrate great agility and resilience

• Calm under pressure and able to manage competing demands

• Able to see the big picture and think beyond immediate area of responsibility

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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