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 PURPOSE
The Finance Business Partner will play a crucial role in supporting the Oral health category and Business development team to achieve the objectives outlined in the Business Expansion Plan. This role involves providing strategic financial insights, managing performance metrics, and collaborating with various departments to drive business growth and efficiency.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Act as the primary finance partner to the Oral Health Category
Drive delivery of revenue, gross margin, operating profit, and cash flow targets.
Develop and challenge category strategies to unlock accelerated growth.
Lead Annual Business Planning (ABP), Forecasts, Long Range Plans (LRP), and Monthly Performance Reviews (MPR).
Provide actionable insights on business performance, risks, and opportunities.
Influence category investment decisions through robust financial analysis and scenario planning.
Challenge commercial assumptions and ensure financial rigor behind strategic initiatives.
Partner with Marketing teams on innovation, brand building, media investments, and portfolio prioritization.
Lead pricing, mix, promotion, and portfolio optimization initiatives.
Identify opportunities to enhance gross margin and category profitability.
Evaluate investment effectiveness and return on marketing spend.
Lead financial assessment of acquisition, licensing, partnership, and business development opportunities.
Build acquisition business cases including valuation, synergy assessment, and investment thesis.
Conduct financial due diligence in partnership with Strategy, Legal, Tax, and Corporate Development teams.
Evaluate white-space entry opportunities and adjacent category expansion.
Develop financial models covering multiple transaction structures.
Support integration planning, synergy tracking, and post-acquisition value realization.
Monitor inorganic growth pipeline and provide recommendations to leadership on prioritization and resource allocation.
WHY YOU?
MUST HAVE SKILLS & QUALIFICATION
A qualified CA or MBA with 8+ years of finance experience , including significant commercial finance business partnering exposure, capable of driving category growth, influencing strategic decisions, managing P&L performance, and partnering effectively with global stakeholders in a fast-paced consumer healthcare environment.
Proven experience managing and influencing category, brand, or business unit P&L performance.
Strong understanding of Sales, Gross Margin, Pricing, G2N, A&P, Innovation, and Overheads.
Ability to challenge, influence, and drive decision-making through financial insight.
Ability to build business cases, evaluate investments, and support strategic decision-making
Experience assessing innovation launches, portfolio optimization, and investment prioritization.
Ability to translate complex financial data into actionable business insights.
Experience working in a matrix organization with regional and global stakeholders.
Experience driving process improvements, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled reporting to improve finance effectiveness.
PREFERRED SKILLS
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